sorc-, sors-, sort- +

To enchant; to bewitch.

1. An object used in making a determination or choice at random: "casting lots."
2. The use of objects in making a determination or choice at random: "chosen by lot."
3. Something that befalls one because of or as if because of determination by lot.
4. One's fortune in life; fate.

From Old English hlot, "object (anything from dice to straw, but often a chip of wood with a name inscribed on it) used to determine someone's share"; also, "what falls to a person by lot".

An object was placed with others in a receptacle, which was shaken, the winner being the one that fell out first; hence, to cast lots. In some cases the lots were drawn by hand.

The sense of "plot of land" is first recorded in 1633 (distribution of the best property in new settlements often determined by casting lot), that of "group, collection" is 1725, from the notion of auction lots. The generalized sense of "many" is first attested in 1812. To cast (one's) lot with another is to agree to share winnings.

1. Someone who practices sorcery; a wizard.
2. Somebody who is believed to have magical powers or who claims to have magical powers.
3. A person who practices sorcery; a black magician; a wizard.
4. From the Latin sortiarius, a person who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others.

A woman who practices sorcery.

To transform or to change by means of sorcery.

1. Of the nature of or involving sorcery.
2. Using sorcery.

Magic, enchantment, witchcraft; the use of supposed supernatural powers by the agency of evil spirits called forth by spells, incantations, etc., on the part of the magician, sorcerer, or witch.

1. The use of supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits; witchcraft.
2. The art, practices, or spells of a person who is said to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.

From Old French sorcerie, from sorcier, "sorcerer", from Vulgar Latin sortiarius; literally, "someone who influences, fate, fortune", from Latin sors, "lot, fate, fortune". Sorceress (c.1384) is attested much earlier than sorcerer (1526).

Sort (noun) from Old French sorte "class, kind", from Latin sortem, "lot, fate, share, portion, rank, category". The sense that evolved in Vulgar Latin is from "what is allotted to one by fate," to "fortune, condition", to "rank, class, order". Out of sorts "not in usual good condition" is attested from 1621, with the literal sense of "out of stock".

As a verb, sort, "to arrange according to type or quality" from Old French sortir, "allot, sort, assort", from Latin sortiri, "draw lots, divide, choose", from sors. In some senses, the verb is a shortened form of "assort".