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Transport

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to carry people or goods from one place to another
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Stage 1 of 2
transportare
Latin · ancient
"to carry across"
to carry across, from trans- (across) and portare (to carry)
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Stage 2 of 2
transport
English · 1400s
"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
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