Where does “inerrantism” come from?
inerrantism (English) comes from English inerrant, from English errant, from Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, from Old French errer, from Latin errantem, from Latin errō — to flow.
inerrantism (English): A belief in the inerrancy of religious scripture
Definitions
- A belief in the inerrancy of religious scripture
Ancestry of “inerrantism”, step by step
inerrantism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inerrant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inerrant | Exhibiting inerrancy; without error |
| 2 | English | errant | Straying from the proper course or standard, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | erraunt | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | erraunt | Alternative form of errant |
| 5 | Old French | errant | wandering; nomadic |
| 6 | Old French | errer | to walk (to); to wander (to) |
| 7 | Latin | errantem | accusative masculine singular of errāns;... |
| 8 | Latin | errō | to wander, rove, stray, roam |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | erzāō | roam, wander; go astray, waver |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ers- | to flow |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |