Etymograph

English

Lakeport

From lake + port, see lakeport.

Formed from lake + port

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’

Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’

Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’

Latin portus ‘harbour, port’

Old English port ‘a port, haven’

English port

Today it means

name A city, the county seat of Lake County, California.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Lakeport