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Where does “sortis” come from?

sortis (French) comes from French sortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

sortis (French): first-person singular past historic of sortir;...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular past historic of sortir;...

Ancestry of “sortis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsortirto exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring...
2Old Frenchsortirallot, sort; to go out
3Latinsortiresecond-person singular present active imperative...
4Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
5Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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