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

  1. past participle of porter; fond of, fixated on...

Ancestry of “porté”, step by step

porté traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian porta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianportagate; door; port
2Latinportagate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Old French porte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchportedoor

Words derived from “porté”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin porta →