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