Latin word root · Motion & Action

port-: carrying

port- is a Latin root meaning “carrying”. Learn its variants and explore 4 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: carrying

Root forms: port-, portat-

Source word: portō — to carry, bear

Word family and examples

• transport

  to take or carry from one place to another

• export

  to send goods to another country for sale

• import

  to bring goods into a country from abroad

• portman

  A burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.

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