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Where does “ensorceler” come from?

ensorceler (French) comes from French sorcier, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

ensorceler (French): to enchant; to cast a spell; to captivate; to...

Definitions

  1. to enchant; to cast a spell; to captivate; to...

Ancestry of “ensorceler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsorciersorcerer, magician, warlock
2Old Frenchsorciersorcerer
3Vulgar Latinsortiariussorcerer
4Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
5Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “ensorceler”

  • ensorcellement
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