Where does “incorrect” come from?

Incorrect comes from Middle French incorrect, meaning not correct or improper.

incorrect (English): Not correct; erroneous or wrong; Faulty or...

Definitions

  1. Not correct; erroneous or wrong; Faulty or...

Ancestry of “incorrect”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchincorrect—
2Latinincorrectus—

Words derived from “incorrect”

Every word from Latin incorrectus →Every word from Middle French incorrect →