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Added 9 October 2026

wander

/ˈwɒndə/ verb

In Latin: vagor, pālor, errō Wiktionary

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To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
to wander over the fields
To stray; stray from one's course; err.
A writer wanders from his subject.
To commit adultery.

noun

An act or instance of wandering.
to go for a wander in the park
Deviation from a correct or normal value.
baseline wander in ECG signals

Origin

From Middle English wandren, from Old English wandrian (“to wander, roam, fly around, hover; change; stray, err”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn (“to wander”), from *wandōn (“to turn, change”) + *-rōn (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Scots wander (“to wander”), German wandern (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Dutch wandelen (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Danish vandre (“to wander, roam, hike, migrate”), Swedish vandra (“to wander, hike”).

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