Etymograph

English

errabund

Errabund comes from Latin errabundus ‘wandering’, and goes back to errō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrō‘wander’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrabundus‘wandering’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1835errabund

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrō‘wander’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrabundus‘wandering’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1835errabund

Earliest quotation: 1835, Robert Southey, Interchapter XIII. A Peep from behind the Curtain.: “[Y]ou, with your errabund guesses, veering to all points…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘to flow’

rory, rouse, rishi, 19 more

through Latin errō ‘wander’

error, erroneous, err, erratic, errant, errata, 5 more

Today it means

adj Erratic, prone to error.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin errō / errabund

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