Where does “аванпорт” come from?
аванпорт (Bulgarian) comes from Russian аванпо́рт, from French avant-port, from French port, from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
аванпорт (Bulgarian): outport the outer or front part of a harbour protected by a breakwater, where ships anchor and where loading and unloading are carried out
Definitions
- outport the outer or front part of a harbour protected by a breakwater, where ships anchor and where loading and unloading are carried out
Ancestry of “аванпорт”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | аванпо́рт | outer harbour, outport |
| 2 | French | avant-port | outer harbour |
| 3 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 4 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 5 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 6 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 7 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 8 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 9 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 10 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 11 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |