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The Root -port-
The Latin root -port- is the basis of many of our English words. This root comes from the Latin word portare, which means "to carry." Therefore, import means to carry products into a location, and export means to carry products out of a location.
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| comport | To behave or conduct oneself in a particular way. |
| deportment | Conduct or behavior. |
| disport | To entertain or occupy oneself; play. |
| insupportable | (a) Unbearable or intolerable (b) Lacking grounds or defense. |
| portable | Easily carried; conveniently moved. |
| portage | The carrying of a boat and supplies overland between two water ways. |
| portfolio | (a) A carrying case for loose papers etc. (b) The materials collected in a carrying case, especially when they are samples of a person's work. (c) An itemized list of stocks, bonds, or other securities held by an investor or financial institution. |
| porter | (a) A person employed to carry luggage for travelers. (b) An attendant who waits on passengers in a railroad car. |
| purport | To give th eimpression, often falsely, of being or intending; to profess. The presented, intended, or implied meaning of something, such as a story. |
| sportive | Playful; frolicsome |
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