Etymology Explorer › English

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

  1. To go astray; to diverge; to deviate ; deviate...

Ancestry of “aberrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaberrātus—
2Latinaberrō—
3Latinab-from, away, away from; off; at a distance
4Latināb—
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →