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Where does “emportement” come from?

emportement (French) comes from French emporter, from French porter, from English porter, from Middle English porter, from Old French portour, from Old French porter, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

emportement (French): anger, rage

Definitions

  1. anger, rage

Ancestry of “emportement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchemporterto take; to win; to take away, to blow away, to...
2Frenchporterto carry; to support, to bear; to wear
3EnglishporterA person who carries luggage and related objects;...
4Middle Englishporter—
5Old Frenchportourcarrier; bearer
6Old Frenchporterto carry; to carry a child
7Old French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
8Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
9Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
10Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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