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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | transporter | to transport |
| 2 | Latin | trānsportō | to carry across; to transport |
| 3 | Latin | portō | to carry, bear |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “transporten”
- transport
- transportation
- transporting
- transporter
- transportable
- teleportation
- teleport
- cotransporter
- transportability
- cotransport
- teleporter
- transportal
- transportational
- magnetotransport
- countertransport
- transportee
- autotransporter
- transportive
- nontransportation
- transportin
- untransportable
- nontransportable
- pretransport
- antitransportation