English
anteport
Alteration influenced by ante- of Italian antiporta, from anti- (“preceding”) + porta (“gate, door”).
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Proto-Italic *anti ‘before’
Latin ante ‘of space. in front, before, forwards’
English ante-
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
The story
Alteration influenced by ante- of Italian antiporta, from anti- (‘preceding’) + porta (‘gate, door’). Sense 1 may show an English innovation, translating Italian portiere in the 1625 quotation.
Today it means
noun A hanging or covering in front of a door.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / anteport