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went.

A course; a way, a path; a journey.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/wɛnt/UK/wɛnt/US[wɛnʔ(t̚)]US/wɪnt/pin-pen-merger

  1. A course; a way, a path; a journey.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. While wend is akin to wind, compare typologically Russian смота́ться (smotátʹsja), сма́тываться (smátyvatʹsja), умота́ть (umotátʹ), ума́тывать (umátyvatʹ) (akin to мота́ть (motátʹ)).

verb/wɛnt/UK/wɛnt/US[wɛnʔ(t̚)]US/wɪnt/pin-pen-merger

  1. simple past of go

    form-of · past

  2. past participle of go

    form-of · nonstandard · participle · past

  3. simple past and past participle of wend

    archaic · form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Originally the simple past and past participle of wend, but now the past of go due to suppletion. While wend is akin to wind, compare typologically Russian смота́ться (smotátʹsja), сма́тываться (smátyvatʹsja), умота́ть (umotátʹ), ума́тывать (umátyvatʹ) (akin to мота́ть (motátʹ)).

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