English

Rockport

From rock + port

Formed from rock + port

Old English *rocc

Middle English rocke ‘rock formation’

English rock

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 community in Leeds and the Thousand Islands township, Ontario, Canada.

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

Etymograph / Rockport