Where does “sorto” come from?
sorto (Esperanto) comes from French sort, from Old French sort, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sorto (Esperanto): fate, destiny; luck, fortune
Definitions
- fate, destiny; luck, fortune
Ancestry of “sorto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sort | fate, destiny; lot; spell |
| 2 | Old French | sort | — |
| 3 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 4 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |