Etymograph

English

alphasort

Blend of alphabet + sort.

A blend of alphabet + sort

Classical Latin alphabētum

Middle English alphabete

English alphabet

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

noun The process of sorting in alphabetical order, especially when performed in an automated fashion.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alphasort