Etymology Explorer › Middle English

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchresortirto fall back, return, resort, have recourse,...
2Old Frenchsortirallot, sort; to go out
3Latinsortiresecond-person singular present active imperative...
4Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
5Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “resorten”

  • resort
  • resortlike
  • megaresort
  • resorter
  • resorteth
  • ecoresort
  • resortest
  • resort
  • resort
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