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Where does “sorcerously” come from?

sorcerously (English) comes from English sorcerous, from English sorcery, from Middle English sorcery, from Middle French sorcerie, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

sorcerously (English): In a sorcerous way; by means of sorcery

Definitions

  1. In a sorcerous way; by means of sorcery

Ancestry of “sorcerously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsorcerousSimilar to, or involving, sorcery
2EnglishsorceryMagical power; the use of witchcraft or magic...
3Middle Englishsorcerysorcery, wizardry, magic; A supernatural event
4Middle Frenchsorcerie—
5Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
6Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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