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\ \ [14] Latin sors originally denoted a ‘piece of wood used for drawing lots’ (it is the source of English sorcerer). It later developed metaphorically into ‘that which is allotted to one by fate’, and hence one’s ‘fortune’ or ‘condition’, and by the time it had turned into *sorta, in the post-Latin precursor of the Romance languages, its meaning had evolved further to ‘rank, class, order’. It was this sense that reached English, via Old French sorte. The notion of ‘arranging into classes’ underlies the verb sort, and also the derived assort [15]. From the same source comes consort [15].
\ \ Cf.ASSORT, CONSORT, SORCERER

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  • sort — [ sɔr ] n. m. • 1080; lat. sors, sortis 1 ♦ Effet magique, généralement néfaste, qui résulte de certaines opérations de sorcellerie. ⇒ 2. charme, ensorcellement, jettatura, maléfice, sortilège (cf. Mauvais œil). Jeter un sort à qqn. ⇒ ensorceler …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sort — Sort, n. [F. sorie (cf. It. sorta, sorte), from L. sors, sorti, a lot, part, probably akin to serere to connect. See {Series}, and cf. {Assort}, {Consort}, {Resort}, {Sorcery}, {Sort} lot.] 1. A kind or species; any number or collection of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • sort — UNIX‐утилита, выводящая сортированное слияние указанных файлов на стандартный вывод с использованием установленной в среде локали. Использование sort [ m][ o output][ bdfinru][ t char][ k keydef]… [file…] sort c [ bdfinru][ t char][ k… …   Википедия

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