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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la errō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛr.rɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛr.ror]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''error''' ''m'' (genitive errōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[errō]] “to wander, err” with the suffix [[-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of doubt and perplexity.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant wandering, roaming, as of Ceres in Cicero, of things and of rolling eyes, and in Catullus the winding course of a labyrinth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Plautus it meant uncertainty, doubt, in Horace going astray, and in Cicero derangement of the mind.^(OLD 2012) From Terence it meant a mistake, error, and in Cicero a moral lapse.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant error, deception, mistake.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for false belief, heresy, and a miscarriage of justice.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin also used it for the wandering of the planets.^(DMLBS) [[en|error]] came about 1300, through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of perplexity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of a mistake.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of wandering and of madness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''error'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Wandering, roaming; a winding course.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Doubt, [[m|en|perplexity]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Going astray.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|Derangement]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A mistake, [[m|en|error]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A moral lapse.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|Heresy]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[errō]]

+ * [[errātum]]

+ * [[en|error]]

+ * [[en|err]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}