Morpheme
Distraught
Type
free base
Denotation
distracted, frantic, deranged
Etymology
Middle English distraght, distrauht, distrawt, from distract (<dis- + Tract>), with alteration probably on analogy with other -ught verbs (bought, caught, taught)
Evidence
distraught, distraughtly, distraughtness, undistraught
