Where does “بور” come from?
بور (Arabic) comes from French port, from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
بور (Arabic): fallow, uncultivated; stagnant, waste-; to let...
Definitions
- fallow, uncultivated; stagnant, waste-; to let...
Ancestry of “بور”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 2 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 3 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 4 | Middle English | porter | — |
| 5 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 6 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 7 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 8 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 9 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |