Where does “Sortenplural” come from?
Sortenplural (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...
Sortenplural (German): a plural form that indicates different sorts, kinds, types, usually of a mass noun
Definitions
- a plural form that indicates different sorts, kinds, types, usually of a mass noun
Ancestry of “Sortenplural”, step by step
Sortenplural 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... |