A past tense from elsewhereSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
Went originally belonged to a different verb
English go uses went as its past tense, but went came from the past tense of wend. This is a case of suppletion: forms with different etymological origins belong to one grammatical paradigm. The irregular pair contains a trace of words joining together.
The forms share a job now, even though they came from elsewhere.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05