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Portable

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means able to be easily carried or moved from place to place
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Stage 1 of 3
portare
Latin · ancient
"to carry"
to carry
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Stage 2 of 3
portabilis
Late Latin · medieval
"able to be carried"
able to be carried, from portare
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Stage 3 of 3
portable
English · 1400s
"able to be easily carried or moved"
settled as the English word for something able to be easily carried
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