Where does “Sorte” come from?
Sorte (German) comes from Middle Low German sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Sorte (German): a sort, variety, grade of a good produced for...
Definitions
- a sort, variety, grade of a good produced for...
Ancestry of “Sorte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | sorte | — |
| 2 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 3 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |