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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

  1. definite singular of sort; plural of sort

Ancestry of “sorte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsortblack; a sort, kind or type
2Danishsortblack; under the table; done in secret so as to...
3Frenchsortesort, kind, type; way, manner; first/third-person...
4Old Frenchsortesort; type
5Italiansortasort, type, kind; feminine singular past...
6Latinsorsanything used to determine chances, lot; a...
7Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latinlegō—
9Latinlēx—
10Proto-Italiclēg-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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