Where does “porté” come from?
porté (French) comes from Italian porta, from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
porté (French): past participle of porter; fond of, fixated on...
Definitions
- past participle of porter; fond of, fixated on...
Ancestry of “porté”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | porta | gate; door; port |
| 2 | Latin | porta | gate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “porté”