Where does “porge” come from?
porge (Italian) comes from Italian porgere, from Latin porrigo, from Latin por-, from Proto-Italic por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
porge (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “porge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | porgere | to hand, give; to hold out |
| 2 | Latin | porrigo | I stretch, spread out, extend; I offer, hold out;... |
| 3 | Latin | por- | forth, forward, further, onward |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | por- | forth, forward |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |