Where does “errar” come from?

errar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese errar, from Latin errō, from Proto-Italic erzāō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ers- — to flow.

errar (Portuguese): to err; to miss; to do something incorrectly

Definitions

  1. to err; to miss; to do something incorrectly

Ancestry of “errar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseerrar—
2Latinerrōto wander, rove, stray, roam
3Proto-Italicerzāōroam, wander; go astray, waver
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ers-to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ers- →Every word from Proto-Italic erzāō →Every word from Latin errō →
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