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Where does “sortilego” come from?

sortilego (Italian) comes from Latin sortilegum, from Latin sortilegus, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

sortilego (Italian): A soothsayer who practices divination; A person...

Definitions

  1. A soothsayer who practices divination; A person...

Ancestry of “sortilego”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsortilegumfortune-teller, soothsayer; A soothsayer who...
2Latinsortilegusthat predicts the future; fortune-telling,...
3Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
4Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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