Where does “subsorter” come from?

subsorter (English) comes from English sorter, from English sort, from Middle English sort, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

subsorter (English): An assistant sorter

Definitions

  1. An assistant sorter

Ancestry of “subsorter”, step by step

subsorter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sorter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsorterA person employed to sort; A machine or algorithm...
2EnglishsortA general type; Manner; form of being or acting;...
3Middle Englishsort
4Old Frenchsortesort; type
5Italiansortasort, type, kind; feminine singular past...
6Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
7Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
9Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
10Proto-Italiclēg-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-