Have you ever wondered why the past tense of “go” is “went” rather than “goed” or maybe “wen”?

It’s because they used to be two completely separate words. The past tense of “wend” was “went” and the past tense of “go” was “gaed.” We kept one of each. Crazy huh?

This article is full of neat facts like that about words. Check it out.

12 Old Words that Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms