Translation
to bewitch, to cast a spell on
Word origin
From French sorcier, from Latin sortiarius, one who tells fortunes by drawing lots, from sors ('lot, fate'). Esperanto took the same Latin root twice: sorto for the fate itself, sorĉi for meddling with it.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- sortiarius
- English cognates
- sorcery, sorcerer, sort
Examples
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In the fairy tale, the old woman bewitched the king.
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Her voice enchanted everyone in the drawing room.
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He believes that somebody has put a spell on his house.
is transitive: you bewitch a person or a place, . The one who does it is a o, the craft is sorĉo or , and the pairing with on this page is not a coincidence but the same Latin word arriving by two roads. The figurative use, a voice or a view that enchants you, is as ordinary in Esperanto as in English.
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