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PortEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Shortened form of Portsmouth.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗PortEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Clipping of Port Adelaide.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗PortEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Clipping of Port Macquarie.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗PortEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Shortened form of Portugal
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and Portus.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Inherited from the Old English port, from the Latin porta (“passage, gate”), reinforced by the Old French porte. Doublet of porta.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Old French porter, from Latin portāre (“carry”). Akin to transport, portable.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Named from Portuguese Porto, a city in Portugal where the wines were originally shipped from.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Clipping of portmanteau.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗portEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Clipping of portfolio.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PortEnglish · e-38699-3698
Port, pōrt, n. the larboard or left side of a ship.—v.t. to turn to the left, as the helm.—v.i. to turn to larboard or left. [Ety. dub.]
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Port, pōrt, n. martial music on the bagpipes. [Gael.]
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Port, pōrt, n. bearing: demeanour: carriage of the body.—v.t. to hold, as a musket, in a slanting direction upward across the body.—ns. Portabil′ity, Port′ableness, the state of being portable.—adj. Port′able, that may b
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Port, pōrt, n. a harbour: a haven or safe station for vessels: a place from which vessels start, and at which they finish their voyages.—n. Port′-ad′miral, the admiral commanding at a naval port.—n.pl. Port′-charg′es, pa
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Port, pōrt, n. a gate or entrance, esp. of a walled town: an opening in the side of a ship for light or air: an opening through which guns can be fired: the lid of a porthole: a passage in a machine for oil, steam, &c.—n
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Port, pōrt, n. a dark-red wine from Oporto, Portugal.
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