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Middle English: wresten
Old English: wrstan

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Etymology of the English word wrest

the English word wrest

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wraistijanan

Derivations in English

wrestling, wrested, wresting

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