sort.
fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
Meaning & usage
fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
Je suis tombé amoureux de lui depuis le premier jour où je l'ai vu. C'était le sort.
lot (something used in determining a question by chance)
spell (magical incantation). 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "On a jetté un sort sur son bétail, a spell is made upon his cattle, or his cattle is bewitched."
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old French sort, from Latin sortem, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cf. also the borrowed doublet sorte.
third-person singular present indicative of sortir
Where this word comes from
See sortir.
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