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Where does “sors” come from?

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

sors (Latin): anything used to determine chances, lot; a...

Definitions

  1. anything used to determine chances, lot; a...

Ancestry of “sors”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “sors”

  • sort
  • resort
  • sorting
  • consort
  • consortium
  • sorcery
  • sorcerer
  • sortie
  • sorter
  • sortes
  • sortal
  • quicksort
  • sortition
  • sortable
  • sortilege
  • consortial
  • heapsort
  • mergesort
  • presort
  • sortation
  • sortase
  • sorteth
  • consortship
  • resortlike
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