corrigendum

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 27, 2007 is: corrigendum • \kor-uh-JEN-dum\ • noun : an error in a printed work discovered after printing and shown with its correction on a separate sheet Examples: Not only was the document itself full of errors, but the corrigenda included with it had mistakes as well! Did you know? If you guessed that "corrigendum" might be connected to the word "correct," you are quite right. Both "corrigendum" and "correct" derive from the Latin verb "corrigere," which means "to correct." The noun "corrigendum" and its plural "corrigenda" came to us unaltered from Latin in the early 19th century. The verb "correct" is much older; it has been part of our language since at least the 14th century. Other descendants of the very correct "corrigere" include "incorrigible" and "escort." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.