Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*pértus
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *pértus, most common first.
- portA place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- fordA location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
- firthAn arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
- fjordA long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
- importunityConstant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or upsetting; also, the character of such behaviour; (countable) an instance of this.