Where does “mergesort” come from?

mergesort (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...

mergesort (English): A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that...

Definitions

  1. A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that...

Ancestry of “mergesort”, step by step

mergesort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsortA general type; Manner; form of being or acting;...
2Middle Englishsort
3Old Frenchsortesort; type
4Italiansortasort, type, kind; feminine singular past...
5Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
6Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
8Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
9Proto-Italiclēg-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English merge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmergeTo combine into a whole; To blend gradually into...
2Latinmergōto dip (in), immerse; plunge into water; drown
3Proto-Indo-European*mésgetito sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmesg-to dip, sink
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-