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Where does “megaresort” come from?

megaresort (English) 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...

megaresort (English): A very large-scale resort

Definitions

  1. A very large-scale resort

Ancestry of “megaresort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishresortA place where people go for recreation,...
2Frenchressortresilience, elasticity; spring; spirit, energy
3Frenchressortirto go or come back out; to go/come out again; to...
4Frenchsortirto exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring...
5Old Frenchsortirallot, sort; to go out
6Latinsortiresecond-person singular present active imperative...
7Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
8Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latinlegō—
10Latinlēx—
11Proto-Italiclēg-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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