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Where does “universal sorter” come from?

universal sorter (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...

universal sorter (English): A mechanism whereby uncountable nouns are made...

Definitions

  1. A mechanism whereby uncountable nouns are made...

Ancestry of “universal sorter”, step by step

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...
8Latinlegō—
9Latinlēx—
10Proto-Italiclēg-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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