Where does “sorcière” come from?
sorcière (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...
sorcière (French): witch
Definitions
- witch
Ancestry of “sorcière”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sorcier | sorcerer, magician, warlock |
| 2 | Old French | sorcier | sorcerer |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sortiarius | sorcerer |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |