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
- A soothsayer who practices divination; A person...
Ancestry of “sortilego”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sortilegum | fortune-teller, soothsayer; A soothsayer who... |
| 2 | Latin | sortilegus | that predicts the future; fortune-telling,... |
| 3 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 4 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |