French word port comes from Proto-Germanic *feraną, and later Latin porto (I carry, bear. I convey, bring.)

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Detailed word origin of port

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*feraną	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*prē-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
porta	Latin (lat)	(figuratively) way, means. Entrance, passage, door. Gate, especially of a city.
porto	Latin (lat)	I carry, bear. I convey, bring.
porter	Old French (fro)	To carry. To carry a child (to be pregnant).
porter	French (fra)	Porter (beer) (of a subject, followed by the preposition sur) to be about, to concern. (reflexive, se porter) to feel. To carry. To support, to bear. To wear.
port	French (fra)	Wearing (act of wearing something).

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