Where does “сортир” come from?
сортир (Russian) comes from French sortir, from Old French sortir, from Latin sortire, from Latin sors, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
сортир (Russian): john, toilet
Ancestry of “сортир”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sortir | to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring... |
| 2 | Old French | sortir | allot, sort; to go out |
| 3 | Latin | sortire | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | sors | anything used to determine chances, lot; a... |
| 5 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | legō | — |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |