Where does “sortilège” come from?
sortilège (French) comes from Medieval Latin sortilegium, from Latin sortilegus, 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...
sortilège (French): magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft
Definitions
- magic spell, sorcery, witchcraft
Ancestry of “sortilège”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | sortilegium | witchcraft |
| 2 | Latin | sortilegus | that predicts the future; fortune-telling,... |
| 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... |