Etymology

sortie

sort·ie
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Today it means: An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally. Full definition →

French sortie ← Old French sortir ← Latin sortīrī
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃reǵ-“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ser-“to bind, tie together; a thread”
  3. Latin · derived fromsortīrī
  4. Old French · derived fromsortir
  5. French · borrowed fromsortie“act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”
  6. English todaysortie

PIE word *upó The noun is borrowed from French sortie (“act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”), the feminine past participle of sortir (“to exit, go out”), from Old French sortir, from Latin sortīrī, the present active infinitive of sortior (“to cast or draw lots; to choose, select; to distribute, divide; to obtain, receive; to share”), from sors (“something used to determine chances, a lot; casting or drawing of lots; decision by lot; a share”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; a thread”)), possibly influenced by surrēctus (“arisen, having been caused to arise; gotten up, having been gotten up”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“to arise, get up, rise”), from subrigō (“to lift up; to straighten”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, guide, steer; to govern, rule; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchsortir all →

sort

Proto-Indo-European*ser- all →

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Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ- all →

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