Sort
/sΙΛrt/noun
To arrange or classify according to type, size, order, or other criteria.
Did you know?English sort comes through Old French from Latin sors, meaning a lot, share, or fate β the same root behind the idea of casting lots to let destiny decide.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ser-
βto join together, linkβ
Latin
Latin
sors
βa lot, share, or fate decided by lotβ
Late Latin
Latin
sortire
βto assign by lot; to draw lotsβ
Old French
Old French
sorte
βkind, class, rank; lot, destinyβ
Middle English
English
sort
βkind, type, classβ
Modern English
English
sort
βto arrange or classify by type or orderβ