Wrecked
/rɛkt/noun
Damaged, ruined, or destroyed; also exhausted or intoxicated in informal use.
Did you know?The word traces back to a medieval term for a ship’s remains after a wreck, and its oldest history is tied to maritime disaster rather than emotional collapse.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wrekaną
“to drive, pursue, or force onward”
Old English
OE
wrecan
“to drive out, avenge, punish, or expel”
Old Norse
ON
rek
“drift, wreckage, something driven ashore”
Middle English
ME
wrek
“the remains of a ship or goods cast ashore after destruction”
Modern English
English
wrecked
“destroyed, ruined, or badly damaged”