fraught (adj) - filled or loaded, usually with something important or undesirable; stressful or tense [frawt]
freight describes either physical goods transported in bulk or the cost to move those goods
freight as a verb means to load for transport
BREAKDOWN: The words fraught and freight both trace back to the Middle English fraught meaning ship’s cargo or load and, before that, vracht or vrecht in Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. The known origin of these words is the Proto-Germanic fra-aihtiz meaning property or absolute possession, which may also be the wellspring of common words like own, owe, and ought.
“Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.” —Winston S. Churchill
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