Where does “sorse” come from?
sorse (Old French) comes 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.
sorse (Old French): rise, beginning, spring, source
Definitions
- rise, beginning, spring, source
Ancestry of “sorse”, step by step
sorse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin surgere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 3 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 4 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |