Where does “sort” come from?
Sort comes from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire meaning to draw lots, derived from Latin sors meaning fate or lot, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- and ser-.
sort (English): A general type; Manner; form of being or acting;...
Definitions
- A general type; Manner; form of being or acting;...
Ancestry of “sort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sort | — |
| 2 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 3 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |