Where does “sorting” come from?
Sorting comes from English sort, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire meaning to draw lots, derived from Latin sors meaning lot or fate, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- and ser-.
sorting (English): present participle of sort; Ordering;...
Definitions
- present participle of sort; Ordering;...
Ancestry of “sorting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sort | A general type; Manner; form of being or acting;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sort | — |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 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... |
Words derived from “sorting”