Where does “chainsorter” come from?
chainsorter (English) comes from English sorter, 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...
chainsorter (English): A device used to connect conveyor belts travelling in different directions in automated sortation
Definitions
- A device used to connect conveyor belts travelling in different directions in automated sortation
Ancestry of “chainsorter”, step by step
chainsorter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sorter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sorter | A person employed to sort; A machine or algorithm... |
| 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... |