Where does “sortie” come from?
sortie (French) comes from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, 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...
sortie (French): exit, way out; act of exiting; end; final part of
Definitions
- exit, way out; act of exiting; end; final part of
Ancestry of “sortie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 2 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 4 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |