Err
/ɜːr/noun
To make a mistake or deviate from the correct course.
Did you know?English *err* comes from Latin *errare*, meaning both “to wander” and “to make a mistake,” a link that helped turn physical wandering into moral and mental failure.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ers-
“to wander, stray”
Latin
Latin
errare
“to wander; to stray; to make a mistake”
Old French
Old French
errer
“to wander, roam”
Middle English
English
erren
“to wander; to deviate from the right course”
Modern English
English
err
“to make a mistake; to be incorrect”
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