transport

Where does the word "transport" come from? It comes from Latin transportare, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Transport’s story begins in Latin: transportare meant “to carry across.” To carry across, from trans- (across) and portare (to carry). It reached English by 1400s as transport. Settled as the English word for carrying people or goods from one place to another. Today, transport means to carry people or goods from one place to another.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient transportare "to carry across", to carry across, from trans- (across) and portare (to carry).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s transport "to carry people or goods from one place to another", settled as the English word for carrying people or goods from one place to another.