Where does “errant” come from?
errant (Old French) comes from Old French errer, from Latin errantem, from Latin errō, from Proto-Italic erzāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ers- — to flow.
errant (Old French): wandering; nomadic
Ancestry of “errant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | errer | to walk ; to wander; to travel; to voyage |
| 2 | Latin | errantem | accusative masculine singular of errāns;... |
| 3 | Latin | errō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | erzāō | roam, wander; go astray, waver |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ers- | to flow |
Words derived from “errant”