Where does “высокосортный” come from?
высокосортный (Russian) comes from Russian сорт, 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...
высокосортный (Russian): high-grade, of superior quality
Definitions
- high-grade, of superior quality
Ancestry of “высокосортный”, step by step
высокосортный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian сорт
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | сорт | sort, kind, variety; quality, grade; brand |
| 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... |
via Russian высо́кий
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | высо́кий | high |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | вꙑсокъ | high; tall |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | vysokъ | high; tall |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -okъ | From adjectives, forms a carrier of the... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |