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Where does “transporten” come from?

transporten (Middle English) comes from Old French transporter, from Latin trānsportō, from Latin portō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “transporten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtransporterto transport
2Latintrānsportō—
3Latinportō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “transporten”

  • transport
  • transportation
  • transporting
  • transporter
  • transportable
  • cotransporter
  • transportability
  • cotransport
  • transportal
  • transportational
  • magnetotransport
  • countertransport
  • transportee
  • autotransporter
  • transportive
  • nontransportation
  • transportin
  • untransportable
  • nontransportable
  • pretransport
  • antitransportation
  • transporteth
  • transportingly
  • transportance
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