Where does “portière” come from?

portière (French) comes from French porté, from Italian porta, from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

portière (French): female equivalent of portier; car door

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of portier; car door

Ancestry of “portière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchportépast participle of porter; fond of, fixated on...
2Italianportagate; door; port
3Latinportagate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “portière”

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