Where does “port” come from?

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

port (Swedish): a larger entrance

Definitions

  1. a larger entrance

Ancestry of “port”, step by step

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

Words derived from “port”

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