Wordiyoerr
LatinVariants
errerrat
Related Roots
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About This Root
From Latin errāre (to wander, go astray, be mistaken). The physical sense of wandering gave rise to the moral sense of making mistakes: error, erroneous, erratic (wandering unpredictably). Aberration (wandering away from normal) preserves the spatial metaphor. The root reminds us that in Latin thinking, to err was literally to lose one's way.
Associated Words
aberrant
Deviating from what is normal or expected
GREC2
aberration
A deviation from what is normal; a mental lapse; an optical defect
GREC2
err
To make a mistake or act incorrectly
TOEFLGREC2
erratic
Unpredictable and inconsistent; deviating from normal behavior
IELTSTOEFLGRE
erratically
In an unpredictable or inconsistent manner
TOEFLC2
erroneous
Containing an error; incorrect or mistaken
IELTSTOEFLB2
error
A mistake or inaccuracy; to malfunction due to a fault
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