Etymology

portage

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Today it means: An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways. Full definition →

Middle English portage ← Middle French portage ← Old French portage
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The story

  1. Early Medieval Latin · derived fromportāticum
  2. Old French · derived fromportage
  3. Middle French · derived fromportage
  4. Middle English · inherited fromportage
  5. English todayportage

From Middle English portage, borrowed from Middle French portage, from Old French portage, from Early Medieval Latin portāticum. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -age.

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