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 incorrectusEvery word from Middle French incorrect