wander

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: 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”).

1. An act or instance of wandering.

   “to go for a wander in the park”

2. Deviation from a correct or normal value.

   “baseline wander in ECG signals”

verb

Etymology: 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”).

1. To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.

   “to wander over the fields”

   “They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.”

2. To stray; stray from one's course; err.

   “A writer wanders from his subject.”

   “O, let me not wander from thy commandments.”

3. To commit adultery.
4. To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.