port.
port, harbour
Meaning & usage
port, harbour
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Catalan port, from Latin portus, from Proto-Italic *portus, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to go forth, to cross”).
the action of carrying something from one place to another
the volume a boat or another vehicle can carry
Where this word comes from
From portar.
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