sorcerer
English
/ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɔɹ.sɚ.ɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (mythology) A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sorcerere borrowed from Old French sorcier derived from Latin *sortiarius, sortis, sors (oracular response) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (sow, plant, sort, late, long, lineup, line up).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₁-
Gloss
sow, plant, sort, late, long, lineup, line up
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
並
Emoji
🐖
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- countersorcerer English
- sorcerer's stone English
- stone English
- *sortiarius Latin
- *sortiārius Latin
- desertus Latin
- disertus Latin
- dissero Latin
- insero Latin
- saeculum Latin
- satiō Latin
- serus Latin
- sorcerus Latin
- sors Latin
- sortis, sors Latin
- sēmen Latin
- sēra Latin
- sorcier French
- *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *si-sh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *sājan- Proto-Germanic
- *sēaną Proto-Germanic
- *sēdiz Proto-Germanic
- *sīþuz Proto-Germanic
- sædcelle Norwegian Nynorsk
- sorcerere Middle English
- sorceresse Middle English
- sáð Old Norse
- sæði Old Norse
- sæðingr Old Norse
- *sěati Proto-Slavic
- *sě̀jati Proto-Slavic
- sorcier Old French
- sorserer Cebuano
- sílne Old Irish
- chorchi Norman
- *satos Proto-Celtic
- *sīlom Proto-Celtic
- *sīnīti Proto-Celtic