Idioms for sort
Origin of sort
1200–50; (noun) Middle English < Middle French
sorte < Medieval Latin
sort- (stem of
sors) kind, allotted status or portion, lot, Latin: orig., voter's lot; (v.) Middle English
sorten to allot, arrange, assort (< Middle French
sortir) < Latin
sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of
sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by
assort
usage note for sort
See
kind2.
OTHER WORDS FROM sort
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British Dictionary definitions for missort
sort
/ (sɔːt) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of sort
sortable, adjective sortably, adverb sorter, nounWord Origin for sort
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin
sors kind, from Latin: fate
undefined sort
See
kind 2
Idioms and Phrases with missort
sort
see after a fashion (sort); all kinds (sorts) of; bad sort; it takes all sorts; kind (sort) of; nothing of the kind (sort); of sorts; out of sorts.