English
sortability
From sort + -ability.
Formed from sort + -ability
Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind’
…
Latin sors ‘lot’
Latin sortem
Old French sorte ‘class’
Middle English sort
English sort
Today it means
noun The quality of being sortable.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sortability”. 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 / sortability