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sors

Pronunciation: [ˈsɔrs]

“sors” is a Latin word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. anything used to determine chances, lot
  2. a casting or drawing of lots, a decision by lot, by fate, or by allotment or share
  3. oracular response (since many were written on lots)
  4. fate, destiny, chance, fortune, condition
  5. share, part
  6. capital bearing interest, principal
  7. rank, class, order
  8. partitioning of an inheritance by lot
  9. share in an estate or inheritance, especially one divided by lot
  10. estate, holding
  11. lands and easements attached to a property
  12. realm

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sortis (“joining, joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *sér-ti-s, from *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō (“to link together”), seriēs (“row, series”), and sermō (“conversation”).

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