Where does “autoporteur” come from?
autoporteur (French) comes from French porteur, from Old French portour, from Old French porter, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
autoporteur (French): Synonym of autoportant
Ancestry of “autoporteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | porteur | carrier; porter; bringer; bearer |
| 2 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 3 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 4 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |