Where does “portable” come from?
Portable comes from Middle French portable, meaning capable of being carried.
portable (English): Able to be carried or easily moved; Able to be...
Definitions
- Able to be carried or easily moved; Able to be...
Ancestry of “portable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | portable | — |
| 2 | Latin | portabilis | portable, capable of being carried |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |