Where does “sortie” come from?
Sortie comes from French sortie, the noun form of French sortir, from Latin sortiri meaning to draw lots, derived from Latin sortior and Latin sors meaning fate or lot, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- and ser-.
sortie (English): An attack made by troops from a besieged...
Definitions
- An attack made by troops from a besieged...
Ancestry of “sortie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sortie | exit, way out; act of exiting; end; final part of |
| 2 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 3 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 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... |