"port, harbour" in seven languages
Meaningport, harbour
Spanish
puerto
/ˈpweɾto/
masc.inherited
Also a mountain pass: puerto de montaña.
French
port
/pɔʁ/
masc.inherited
Italian
porto
/ˈpɔrto/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
porto
/ˈpohtu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
port
/port/
neut.borrowed · French port / Italian porto
Catalan
port
/pɔrt/
masc.inherited
English
port
/pɔɹt/
from Latin/French · Latin PORTUS (Old English port, reinforced by Old French)
English → Italianport, harbourportoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PORTUM‘harbour’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish ue, French and Italian plain open o — the closed-syllable split of short Ŏ. An opportunity was a wind blowing 'toward the harbour'.
English relatives: port, passport, opportunity
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In a sentence
- esEl barco sale del puerto.
- frLe bateau part du port.
- itLa nave parte dal porto.
- ptO barco sai do porto.
- roVaporul pleacă din port.
- caEl vaixell surt del port.
- enThe boat leaves from the port.