Where does “portatilis” come from?
portatilis (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin portatus, from Latin portāre, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “portatilis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | portatus | carried; conveyed |
| 2 | Latin | portāre | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “portatilis”