Where does “sorsier” come from?
sorsier (Mauritian Creole) comes from French sorcière, from French sorcier, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sorsier (Mauritian Creole): witch, female sorcerer
Definitions
- witch, female sorcerer
Ancestry of “sorsier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sorcière | witch |
| 2 | French | sorcier | sorcerer, magician, warlock |
| 3 | Old French | sorcier | sorcerer |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sortiarius | sorcerer |
| 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... |