Where does “sort mor” come from?
sort mor (Cornish) comes from Cornish sort, from English sort, from Middle English sort, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sort mor (Cornish): sea urchin
Definitions
- sea urchin
Ancestry of “sort mor”, step by step
sort mor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish sort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | sort | kind, sort, variety |
| 2 | English | sort | A general type; Manner; form of being or acting;... |
| 3 | Middle English | sort | — |
| 4 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 5 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 6 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 7 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |