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 (from); deviate from

Definitions

  1. To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from

Ancestry of “aberrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaberrātuswandered, strayed, deviated
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 “aberrate”

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