Where does “sorcerer's stone” come from?

sorcerer's stone (English) comes from English sorcerer, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

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Ancestry of “sorcerer's stone”, step by step

sorcerer's stone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sorcerer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsorcererA magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male
2Old Frenchsorciersorcerer
3Vulgar Latinsortiariussorcerer
4Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
5Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
7Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
8Proto-Italiclēg-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English Stone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishStonefor someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from
2Middle EnglishstonAlternative form of stone
3Old Englishstānstone, rock
4Old NorseVeggrname of a dwarf
5Proto-Germanicwajjuzwall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwh̥₁yús
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-