Where does “porte” come from?

porte (Middle French) comes from Old French porte, from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

porte (Middle French): door; inflection of porter: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. door; inflection of porter: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “porte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchportedoor
2Latinportagate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “porte”

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