Where does “resort” come from?
resort (Dutch) comes from English resort, from French ressort, from French ressortir, from French sortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
resort (Dutch): a resort place with recreational environment for holidays
Definitions
- a resort place with recreational environment for holidays
Ancestry of “resort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | resort | A place where people go for recreation,... |
| 2 | French | ressort | resilience, elasticity; spring; spirit, energy |
| 3 | French | ressortir | to go or come back out; to go/come out again; to... |
| 4 | French | sortir | to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring... |
| 5 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 6 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 7 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 8 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 10 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |