Tuesday, March 23, 2004 :::
Woebegone is from Middle English wo begon, from wo (from Old English wo, woo, "grief") + begon, past participle of begon, "to go about, to beset," from Old English began, bigan, from bi-, "around, about" + gan, "to go." From dictionary.com. Why I find this so exceptionally interesting goes unspeculated on here.
::: posted by dWj at 9:42 AM
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