Spoke

/spoʊk/ verb

Definition

Past tense of 'speak'; to have said words or communicated verbally with someone.

Etymology

From Old English 'sprecan' and Germanic roots. The word has been in English since before the language split into modern dialects and remains one of the most common verbs.

Kelly Says

The past tense of 'speak' is 'spoke,' which seems random until you realize English keeps weird old plural patterns—we say 'spoke' the same way we say 'broke' and 'woke,' all from the same ancient Germanic verb-changing pattern that we've mostly forgotten.

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