WeinWords: Questions That Keep Me Awake at Night - #2

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Questions That Keep Me Awake at Night - #2

How come someone can be distraught but they can't simply be traught?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Are you distraught about this? Etymology can be fun, so I looked up "distraught." You may know, but I found out that it's an alteration of "distract," which is from the Latin distrahere, or dis (apart) and trahere (to draw). So... yeah, there you go!; May 30, 2007 at 8:30 PM
James Meeley said...: Here's another one for you: How can one be ruthless, yet not ruthful?; May 31, 2007 at 10:12 PM

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)