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Where does “sours” come from?

sours (Middle English) comes from Old French sorse, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō, from Proto-Italic regō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃réǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

Ancestry of “sours”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsorserise, beginning, spring, source
2Latinsurgeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinsurgoI rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten
4LatinsubrigoI lift up, I straighten
5Latinregō—
6Proto-Italicregō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

Words derived from “sours”

  • source
  • sourcing
  • outsource
  • sourcebook
  • outsourcer
  • insourcing
  • multisource
  • crowdsourcing
  • insource
  • sourceless
  • multisourcing
  • sourcer
  • outsourceable
  • intersource
  • sourceable
  • sourcework
  • ridesourcing
  • crowdsourcer
  • unsourceable
  • outsourcery
  • backsource
  • sourcelessly
  • crowdsource
  • biosource
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