Where does “sorteira” come from?
sorteira (Old Portuguese) comes from Galician sorte, from Old Portuguese sorte, from Latin sortis, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sorteira (Old Portuguese): witch, fortuneteller
Definitions
- witch, fortuneteller
Ancestry of “sorteira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | sorte | fate, fortune; luck; share, allotment |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | sorte | — |
| 3 | Latin | sortis | genitive singular of sors |
| 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... |