Where does “woolsorter” come from?
woolsorter (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...
woolsorter (English): A farmworker responsible for sorting wool into...
Definitions
- A farmworker responsible for sorting wool into...
Ancestry of “woolsorter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sorter | A person employed to sort; A machine or algorithm... |
| 2 | English | sort | A general type; Manner; form of being or acting;... |
| 3 | Middle English | sort | — |
| 4 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 5 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 6 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 7 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | legō | — |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |