Where does “Gemüsesorte” come from?
Gemüsesorte (German) comes from German Sorte, from Middle Low German sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Gemüsesorte (German): kind, type of vegetable
Definitions
- kind, type of vegetable
Ancestry of “Gemüsesorte”, step by step
Gemüsesorte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sorte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sorte | a sort, variety, grade of a good produced for... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sorte | — |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via German Gemüse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gemüse | vegetable; vegetables; a seasoned vegetable-based... |
| 2 | Middle High German | gemüese | — |
| 3 | Old High German | muos | food, victuals, porridge; porridge, food, meal,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mōs | wet food, mush, porridge |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōsą | wet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |