Where does “transport” come from?
Transport comes from Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin transporto, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots per- and terh₂- meaning to carry or cross over.
transport (English): To carry or bear from one place to another; to...
Definitions
- To carry or bear from one place to another; to...
Ancestry of “transport”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | transporten | — |
| 2 | Old French | transporter | to transport |
| 3 | Latin | trānsportō | to carry across; to transport |
| 4 | Latin | portō | to carry, bear |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “transport”
- transportation
- transporting
- transporter
- transportable
- teleportation
- teleport
- cotransporter
- transportability
- cotransport
- teleporter
- transportal
- transportational
- magnetotransport
- countertransport
- transportee
- autotransporter
- transportive
- nontransportation
- transportin
- untransportable
- nontransportable
- pretransport
- antitransportation
- transporteth