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RootLatin
port
carry
Latin portare meant carry: support carries from below, transport carries across, and export carries goods out.
Words built from it
- import — to bring goods into a country
im- (into) + port (carry) - export — to send goods out of a country
ex- (out) + port (carry) - report — to carry back an account of something
re- (back) + port (carry) - support — to hold up or help
sup- (from below; form of sub-) + port (carry) - transport — to carry from one place to another
trans- (across) + port (carry) - deport — to expel a foreigner from a country
de- (away) + port (carry) - portable — able to be carried
port (carry) + -able (able to be)
Looks like it, but is not
- portion — from Latin portio 'share or part,' not portare 'to carry'
- portrait — from Latin protrahere ('pro-' + trahere 'to draw forth'), not from portare 'to carry'
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Related word parts
- trans — across, beyond, through