Etymograph

English

consortion

Consortion comes from Latin consortio ‘fellowship, community, partnership, association’, from cōnsors ‘kindred’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-1‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sértis1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sortis1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsors1‘anything used to determine chances, lot’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsors2‘kindred’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsortio3‘fellowship, community, partnership, association’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1716consortion3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin consors
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin consortio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English consortion
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1716, Sir Thomas Browne: “study thou conversation, and be critical in thy consortion.”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-Wiktionary, Latin consors‘to flow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sértisWiktionary, Latin consorsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sortisWiktionary, Latin consorsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsorsWiktionary, Latin consors‘anything used to determine chances, lot’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnsorsWiktionary, Latin consortio‘kindred’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconsortioWiktionary, English consortion‘fellowship, community, partnership, association’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1716consortionWiktionary, English consortion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1716, Sir Thomas Browne: “study thou conversation, and be critical in thy consortion.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow’

service, series, serve, hero, stream, desert, conservative, reservoir, insert, sermon, heresy, exert, observant, assertion, servitude, conservatism, assertive, concierge, heretic, sorcerer, sark, servile, serf, strudel, sere, conservator, 32 more

through Proto-Italic *sortis

sortie, 4 more

through Latin sors ‘anything used to determine chances, lot’

sort, sorcery, 5 more

Today it means

noun joining; association, or companionship

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consortion”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin consors, Latin consortio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ser- / consortion

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