Where does “deport” come from?
Deport comes from French déporter, from Latin deportāre meaning to carry away, formed from the prefix de- and Latin portāre meaning to carry.
deport (English): To comport ; to behave; To evict, especially from...
Definitions
- To comport ; to behave; To evict, especially from...
Ancestry of “deport”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | déporter | to deport; to send to a concentration camp; to... |
| 2 | Old French | deporter | to amuse; to entertain |
| 3 | Latin | deportō | — |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē | — |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “deport”