Meaning

verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

verb go via an indirect route or at no set pace

originFrom 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,…

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