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Where does “sortis” come from?

sortis (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Ancestry of “sortis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “sortis”

  • sort
  • resort
  • sorting
  • consort
  • consortium
  • sorcery
  • sorcerer
  • sortie
  • sorter
  • sortes
  • sortal
  • quicksort
  • sortition
  • sortable
  • sortilege
  • consortial
  • heapsort
  • mergesort
  • presort
  • sortation
  • sortase
  • sorteth
  • consortship
  • resortlike
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