porta.
gate, entrance; city gates; door; avenue; goal (soccer);
Meaning & usage
gate, especially of a city
entrance, passage, door
way, means
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Latin porta From Proto-Italic *portā, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂, the feminine form of a perfect passive participle from *per- (“to pass through/over”). Doublet of portus and cognate with Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “means of passage”).
singular present active imperative of portō
Where this word comes from
Inflected form of portō (“carry, bear”).
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