Where does “assortiment” come from?
assortiment (English) comes from French assortiment, from French assortir, from French sortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “assortiment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assortiment | assortment |
| 2 | French | assortir | to match, match up; to pair up; to supply, stock... |
| 3 | French | sortir | to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring... |
| 4 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 5 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 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... |