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Portfolio

2 stages from Italian to English.

Today it means a collection of documents, work samples, or financial investments
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Stage 1 of 2
portafoglio
Italian · 1600s
"a case for carrying papers"
literally carry-leaf, a case for carrying loose papers, from portare (to carry) and foglio (leaf)
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Stage 2 of 2
portfolio
English · 1700s
"a case of documents, or a collection of investments or work"
settled as the English word for a case of documents, later a collection of investments or work
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