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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

  1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to...

Ancestry of “transport”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtransporten—
2Old Frenchtransporterto transport
3Latintrānsportō—
4Latinportō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “transport”

  • transportation
  • transporting
  • transporter
  • transportable
  • cotransporter
  • transportability
  • cotransport
  • transportal
  • transportational
  • magnetotransport
  • countertransport
  • transportee
  • autotransporter
  • transportive
  • nontransportation
  • transportin
  • untransportable
  • nontransportable
  • pretransport
  • antitransportation
  • transporteth
  • transportingly
  • transportance
  • transportment
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