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Where does “sortable” come from?

sortable (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...

sortable (English): That can be sorted; Suitable; proper,...

Definitions

  1. That can be sorted; Suitable; proper,...

Ancestry of “sortable”, step by step

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...
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “sortable”

  • unsortable
  • sortably
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