PORTO – TO CARRY

• Post Eagle
• April 8, 2015
• Word Etymology
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The words for today come from the Latin word – PORTO, PORTARE, PORTAVI, PORTATUS – which means – TO CARRY.

Combined with a number of prefixes we now have everyday words such as:

DEPORT – TO CARRY AWAY
EXPORT – TO CARRY OUT
IMPORT – TO CARRY IN
PREPORT – TO CARRY BEFORE HAND
REPORT – TO CARRY BACK
SUPPORT – TO CARRY UNDER
TRANSPORT – TO CARRY ACROSS

Other words such as: PORTABLE (able to be carried), PORTER (one who carries), and IMPORTANT have the same root meaning.
Add the ending – ATION – to some of the above and you have: DEPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION etc.