Where does “port” come from?

port (Old English) comes from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

port (Old English): a port, a haven; a town, particularly one with...

Definitions

  1. a port, a haven; a town, particularly one with...

Ancestry of “port”, step by step

port traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin porta

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

via Old English Portesmūþa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishPortesmūþa—

Words derived from “port”

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