Where does “zorta” come from?
zorta (Silesian) comes from German Sorte, from Middle Low German 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...
zorta (Silesian): sort, variety, kind
Definitions
- sort, variety, kind
Ancestry of “zorta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sorte | a sort, variety, grade of a good produced for... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sorte | — |
| 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... |