English
deport
Deport comes from French déporter ‘to deport’, from Latin dēportō ‘to bring or convey’, and ultimately from portō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō‘to carry, to convey’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēportōas dēportāre‘to bring or convey’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéporter‘to deport’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019deport
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō‘to carry, to convey’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēportōas dēportāre‘to bring or convey’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdéporter‘to deport’
- Englishearliest quotation 2019deport
Earliest quotation: 2019, Jane MacLaren Walsh, Brett Topping: “Boturini was accused of entering the country without permission,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *per-
first, before, far, per, price, private, press, further, practice, fear, pre, primary, prime, appreciate, prize, prior, pregnant, practical, opportunity, afford, precious, praise, interpretation, ford, privilege, par, ferry, pirate, fare, parade, forth, pardon, primitive, prix, interpreter, pragmatic, privy, prism, proton, peril, 143 more
through Proto-Italic *portā ‘gate’
porch, portal, porta, portico, 21 more
through Proto-Italic *portāō ‘to carry’
through Latin portō ‘to carry, to convey’
support, report, transport, importance, export, import, porter, rapport, comport, 14 more
Today it means
verb To comport (oneself); to behave.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin portō / deport