Where does “sourcier” come from?
sourcier (French) comes from French source, from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
sourcier (French): dowser, water diviner
Ancestry of “sourcier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | source | source, spring; inflection of sourcer:
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| 2 | Old French | sorse | rise, beginning, spring, source |
| 3 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 5 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 6 | Latin | regō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |