sort
/ˈsɔːt/SAWRT
/ˈsɔɹt/SAWRT
Meaninga lot; a share
Common meaning: a kind
Other meanings: to arrange by kind
- sorta lot drawn; one's shareLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1732 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin sors ‘a lot drawn; one's share’.
Did you know (Latin sors was…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SORT, p. 575 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin sors, a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sors, p. 1732 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sors, sortis Latin “a lot drawn; one's share”
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