BONUS: The word "taught" is the past-participle of the word "teach." And "wrought" (as in, "What hath God wrought") is the past participle of what common verb?

The similar sounds in "taught" and "wrought" are a fantastic clue to their shared linguistic history. Both are surviving examples of irregular verbs, which form their past tense in ways that don't follow the standard "-ed" rule. These older conjugations are often remnants of Old English, where verb forms were more complex. While the verb "work" long ago adopted the simpler past participle "worked" for everyday use, its archaic counterpart, "wrought," has managed to stick around.

You can still see "wrought" used in specific, often historical or literary, contexts. Its most famous appearance is in the first official telegraph message sent by Samuel Morse in 1844: "What hath God wrought?" In this sense, "wrought" means created, shaped, or brought about. The word also lives on as an adjective, most commonly in the term "wrought iron," which literally means iron that has been hammered or worked into a decorative shape. It’s a direct link to our language's past, hiding in plain sight.