English
comport
Comport comes from Latin comportare ‘to bring together’, and goes back to portō ‘to carry’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportōas portare‘to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomportare‘to bring together’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400comporter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500comporten
- Englishearliest quotation 1595comport
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportōas portare‘to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcomportare‘to bring together’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400comporter
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500comporten
- Englishearliest quotation 1595comport
Earliest quotation: 1595, Samuel Daniel, (please specify the folio number): “The malecontented sort / That never can the present…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to lead, cross over, pass’
first, before, far, per, price, private, press, further, practice, fear, pre, primary, prime, appreciate, prior, prize, pregnant, opportunity, practical, afford, precious, praise, ford, interpretation, privilege, parade, par, ferry, pirate, fare, forth, pardon, primitive, prix, interpreter, pragmatic, privy, prism, proton, portable, 143 more
through Proto-Italic *portā ‘crossing’
porch, portal, porta, portico, 21 more
through Proto-Italic *portāō ‘to carry’
through Latin portō ‘to carry’
support, report, transport, importance, export, porter, import, rapport, deport, 14 more
Today it means
verb To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin portō / comport