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
Definitions
- A magician
Ancestry of “sortileger”, step by step
sortileger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sortilege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |