Wretch: from Old English "wreċċa," meaning "outcast."
Wreċċa itself from a Proto-Germanic word that meant "fugitive."
Sure, I didn't know any of the #etymology, and it's not like that etymology or even the word "wretch" itself come up in everyday conversation.
But even though the ancient roots of our #language never enter our actual day-to-day lives, I do believe the sense of them remains somewhere in our collective subconscious. And some of those roots are rotten. And they fester.