Etymology

outport

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Today it means: A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port; it may be a distant one or a nearby auxiliary one. Full definition →

English port ← Old English port ← Latin portus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pértus
  9. Proto-Italic*portus
  10. Latinportus
  11. Old Englishport
  12. Englishport
  13. English todayoutport

From out- + port.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.