Where does “suwerte” come from?
suwerte (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish suerte, from Old Spanish suerte, from Latin sortem, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “suwerte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | suerte | luck, fortune; lot, fate; sort, kind, type |
| 2 | Old Spanish | suerte | — |
| 3 | Latin | sortem | accusative singular of sors |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |