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Etymology of aberr

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Ind

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Unnumbered source etymology

Original entry ↗
verb

To go astray; to err. · Distort; aberrate.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁erseh₂yéti Proto-Italic *ersāō? Latin errō Latin aberrōbor. English aberr Borrowed from Latin aberrō, from ab- (“from, away from”) + errō (“wander, stray”).

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