purport

The story

1. Latin · derived fromportō“carry”
2. Old French · derived fromporter“carry”
3. Latin · derived frompro“forth”
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frompurporter
5. Middle English · inherited frompurporten
6. English todaypurport

From Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).

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