Where does “Ressort” come from?
Ressort (German) comes from French ressort, from French ressortir, from French sortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ressort (German): department, area of operations
Definitions
- department, area of operations
Ancestry of “Ressort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ressort | resilience, elasticity; spring; spirit, energy |
| 2 | French | ressortir | to go or come back out; to go/come out again; to... |
| 3 | French | sortir | to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring... |
| 4 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 5 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 7 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | legō | — |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |