English
aberrance
Aberrance comes from Latin aberrare ‘to wander from the way’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaberrareas aberrō‘to wander from the way’
- English1500–presentaberr‘to stray’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980aberrance
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaberrareas aberrō‘to wander from the way’
- English1500–presentaberr‘to stray’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980aberrance
Earliest quotation: 1980, Duncan Mitchel, Memoirs of a Survivor: “Like Miller, George Lionel married briefly and unsuccessfully, and…”
Every English word from Latin aberrare
Today it means
noun State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin aberrare / aberrance