Where does “chorchillon” come from?
chorchillon (Norman) comes from Norman chorchi, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiarius, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
chorchillon (Norman): wizard's child
Definitions
- wizard's child
Ancestry of “chorchillon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman | chorchi | wizard |
| 2 | Old French | sorcier | sorcerer |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | sortiarius | sorcerer |
| 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... |