Where does “merge sort” come from?
merge sort (English) comes from English sort, from Middle English sort, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
merge sort (English): Synonym of mergesort
Definitions
- Synonym of mergesort
Ancestry of “merge sort”, step by step
merge sort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sort | A general type; Manner; form of being or acting;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sort | — |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |