The word "wrote" is the past tense of the verb "write," which means to compose text or produce written material. It refers to the act of forming letters, words, or symbols on a surface, usually paper, to convey thoughts, ideas, or information.
The word "wrote" comes from the Old English word "writan," which means "to scratch, score, or draw." Its roots can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic "writanan" and further back to the Proto-Indo-European "reidh-" meaning "to turn, to move."