Where does “sortir” come from?
sortir (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...
sortir (French): to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring...
Definitions
- to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring...
Ancestry of “sortir”, step by step
sortir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French sortir
| 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... |
via Latin sortior
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sortior | I cast or draw lots; I share, divide or... |