Etymology

transport

trans·port
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Today it means: To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. Full definition →

Middle English transporten ← Old French transporter ← Latin trānsportāre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrāns-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*portā
  11. Proto-Italic*portāō
  12. Latinportō
  13. Latintrānsportāre
  14. Old Frenchtransporter
  15. Middle Englishtransporten
  16. English todaytransport

Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”).

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