Where does “sortileger” come from?
sortileger (English) comes from English sortilege, from Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from Latin sortilegus, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sortileger (English): A magician
Ancestry of “sortileger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sortilege | Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of... |
| 2 | Old French | sortilège | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | sortilegium | witchcraft |
| 4 | Latin | sortilegus | that predicts the future; fortune-telling,... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |