Etymograph

English

aberr

Aberr comes from Latin aberrō ‘to wander, stray or deviate from’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘to flow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ers-1‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*erzāō1‘to roam, wander’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrō1‘wander, stray’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaberrō1‘to wander, stray or deviate from’
  6. Englishtodayaberr1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English aberr

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ers-Wiktionary, English aberr‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ers-eh₂-yé-tiWiktionary, English aberrreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*erzāōWiktionary, English aberr‘to roam, wander’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrōWiktionary, English aberr‘wander, stray’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaberrōWiktionary, English aberr‘to wander, stray or deviate from’
  6. EnglishtodayaberrWiktionary, English aberr

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘to flow’

rory, rouse, rishi, 19 more

through Latin errō ‘wander, stray’

error, erratic, erroneous, err, errant, errata, 5 more

Today it means

verb To go astray; to err.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “aberr”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- / aberr

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