Where does “aberrant” come from?

Aberrant comes from Latin aberrans, the present participle of aberrāre, meaning "to wander away," formed from ab- (away) and errāre (to wander or err).

aberrant (English): Differing from the norm; Straying from the right...

Definitions

  1. Differing from the norm; Straying from the right...

Ancestry of “aberrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaberrānswandering, straying or deviating from
2Latinaberrōto wander, stray or deviate from
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latinābfrom, away from, out of
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “aberrant”

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