English
export
Export comes from Latin exportō ‘to carry out’, and goes back to portō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō‘to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexportōas exportare‘to carry out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1625export
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō‘to carry’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexportōas exportare‘to carry out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1625export
Earliest quotation: 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Followers and Friends: “[They] export honour from a man, and make him…”
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, parade, par, ferry, pirate, fare, 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’
support, report, transport, importance, import, porter, rapport, deport, comport, 14 more
Today it means
adj Of or relating to exportation or exports.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin portō / export