sortilege

(sôrt′ə lij)

noun

Origin: ME < ML sortilegium < LL sortilegus, fortuneteller < L sors, lot (see sort) + legere, to read: see logic

See sortilege in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin sortilegium

Origin: , from sortilegus, diviner

Origin: : Latin sors, sort-, lot; see ser-² in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Latin legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots

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