Where does “portar” come from?
portar (Romanian) comes from Romanian poartă, from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
portar (Romanian): gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman, porter,...
Definitions
- gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman, porter,...
Ancestry of “portar”, step by step
portar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian poartă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | poartă | gate; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | porta | gate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Latin portārius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | portārius | doorkeeper, gatekeeper |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
Words derived from “portar”