Where does “aberrate” come from?
aberrate (English) comes from Latin aberrātus, from Latin aberrō, from Latin ab-, from Latin āb, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
aberrate (English): To go astray; to diverge; to deviate ; deviate...
Definitions
- To go astray; to diverge; to deviate ; deviate...
Ancestry of “aberrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | aberrātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | aberrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ab- | from, away, away from; off; at a distance |
| 4 | Latin | āb | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |