Where does “sorcerer” come from?
Sorcerer comes from Middle English sorcerere, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin -arius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- and ser-.
sorcerer (English): A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male
Definitions
- A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male
Ancestry of “sorcerer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sorcier | sorcerer |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sortiarius | sorcerer |
| 3 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 4 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “sorcerer”