Where does “ensorcellment” come from?
ensorcellment (English) comes from English ensorcell, from Old French ensorceler, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ensorcellment (English): enchantment, bewitchment
Ancestry of “ensorcellment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ensorcell | To bewitch or enchant; To captivate, entrance,... |
| 2 | Old French | ensorceler | to cast a spell, enchant; to captivate |
| 3 | Old French | sorcier | sorcerer |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sortiarius | sorcerer |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |