English
erratum
Erratum comes from Latin errātus ‘mistaken’, and goes back to errō ‘go astray, err’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrō‘go astray, err’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrātus‘mistaken’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrātumneuter of errātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1996erratum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrō‘go astray, err’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrātus‘mistaken’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEerrātumneuter of errātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1996erratum
Earliest quotation: 1996, Timon Screech, Cambridge: “Erratum / The correct ISBN for this book is…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘to flow’
through Latin errō ‘go astray, err’
Today it means
noun A published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a previous publication.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin errō / erratum