Etymograph

English

re-sort

From re- + sort.

Formed from re- + sort

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind’

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Latin sors ‘lot’

Latin sortem

Old French sorte ‘class’

Middle English sort

English sort

Today it means

verb To repeat a sorting process; sort again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “re-sort”. 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.

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