portus etymology

Latin word portus comes from Proto-Germanic *feraną, Proto-Indo-European - -tus, and later Proto-Indo-European *pértus (Crossing.)

Detailed word origin of portus

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*feraną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
- -tus Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*prē- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*pértus Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Crossing.
*portus Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Harbour.
portus Latin (lat) Harbour, port. Haven, refuge, asylum, retreat. Warehouse.

Words with the same origin as portus

Descendants of *feraną
imperator imperium nuper par paratus parens partus per periculum pertinere porro precor prima primo primus princeps prior pro profectus prope propius propter prorsus protinus