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Where does “unsorted” come from?

Unsorted comes from English sorted, derived from Latin sōrtīrī meaning "to draw lots," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."

unsorted (English): Not in any particular order or sequence; Mixed,...

Definitions

  1. Not in any particular order or sequence; Mixed,...

Ancestry of “unsorted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “unsorted”

  • unsortedness
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