Where does “sorte” come from?
sorte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sort, from Danish sort, from French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Italian sorta, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sorte (Norwegian Bokmål): definite singular of sort; plural of sort
Definitions
- definite singular of sort; plural of sort
Ancestry of “sorte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sort | black; a sort, kind or type |
| 2 | Danish | sort | black; under the table; done in secret so as to... |
| 3 | French | sorte | sort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person... |
| 4 | Old French | sorte | sort; type |
| 5 | Italian | sorta | sort, type, kind; feminine singular past... |
| 6 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 7 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |