Etymology

deport

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Today it means: To comport (oneself); to behave. Full definition →

French déporter ← Old French deporter ← Latin deportō
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  1. Latin · derived fromdeportō
  2. Old French · derived fromdeporter“behave”
  3. French · borrowed fromdéporter
  4. English todaydeport

Borrowed from French déporter. With the meaning of "behave", from Old French deporter (“behave”), from Latin deportō, from de- + portō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.