Where does “portmanbro” come from?
portmanbro (English) comes from English portmanteau, from French portemanteau, from French porte, 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.
portmanbro (English): A portmanteau word incorporating the term bro, denoting a concept related to bro culture
Definitions
- A portmanteau word incorporating the term bro, denoting a concept related to bro culture
Ancestry of “portmanbro”, step by step
portmanbro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English portmanteau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | portmanteau | A large travelling case usually made of leather,... |
| 2 | French | portemanteau | coat stand, coat rack |
| 3 | French | porte | door; gate; gateway, means, door |
| 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 |
via English bro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bro | brother; a male sibling; brother; a male comrade... |
| 2 | English | brew | To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |