Where does “assortire” come from?
assortire (Italian) comes from Italian sortire, from French sortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
assortire (Italian): to assort, combine; to match
Definitions
- to assort, combine; to match
Ancestry of “assortire”, step by step
assortire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian sortire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sortire | to produce |
| 2 | French | sortir | to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring... |
| 3 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 4 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 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... |