aberr

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
3. Proto-Italic*ap
4. Latinab
5. Latinab-
6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ers-
7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁erseh₂yéti
8. Proto-Italic*ersāō?
9. Latinerrō
10. Latinaberrō
11. English todayaberr

Borrowed from Latin aberrō, from ab- (“from, away from”) + errō (“wander, stray”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• Attested from the mid 16ᵗʰ century until the mid 17ᵗʰ century. To go astray; to err.
• First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century. Distort; aberrate.