Where does “sort” come from?
sort (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish sort, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sort (Norwegian Bokmål): black; a sort, kind or type
Definitions
- black; a sort, kind or type
Ancestry of “sort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | sort | black; under the table; done in secret so as to... |
| 2 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 3 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 4 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 5 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 6 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “sort”