Etymology

rocketport

R1O1C3K5E1T1P3O1R1T1

Today it means: A spaceport. Full definition →

English port ← Old English port ← Latin portus
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The story

  1. Old Italianrocchetto
  2. Italianrocchetta
  3. Englishrocket
  4. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pértus
  6. Proto-Italic*portus
  7. Latinportus
  8. Old Englishport
  9. Englishport
  10. English todayrocketport

Compound of rocket + port.

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