English

ferroportin

From ferro- + port + -in.

A compound of ferro- + port + -in

Old Latin *fersom

Latin ferrum ‘iron’

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

noun Any of a certain family of transmembrane proteins that transport iron.

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

Etymograph / ferroportin