Where does “sortilege” come from?
sortilege (English) comes from Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from Latin sortilegus, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sortilege (English): Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of...
Definitions
- Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of...
Ancestry of “sortilege”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | sortilège | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | sortilegium | witchcraft |
| 3 | Latin | sortilegus | that predicts the future; fortune-telling,... |
| 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... |