Where does “resorten” come from?
resorten (Middle English) comes from Old French resortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “resorten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | resortir | to fall back, return, resort, have recourse,... |
| 2 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 3 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |