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