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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

  1. to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring...

Ancestry of “sortir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsortirallot, sort; to go out
2Latinsortiresecond-person singular present active imperative...
3Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
4Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “sortir”

  • sortie
  • resorte
  • рессора
  • сортир
  • réassortiment
  • réassortir
  • sortie
  • assortir
  • assortiment
  • ressortir
  • assort
  • sortis
  • sortes
  • sors
  • rassortir
  • ressort
  • Ressort
  • risorto
  • assortiment
  • resor
  • resor
  • assortiment
  • lò xo
  • soti
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