Word part · Latin root
The Latin root port
Means: carry.
At a glance
- Part
- port
- Meaning
- carry
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
The prefix often tells the direction of carrying: ex (out), im (in), trans (across).
Example words
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- ex (prefix)+port (root or base)→export
carry goods out of a country to sell
- im (prefix)+port (root or base)→import
carry goods into a country
im + port: the prefix changes to match → import
- trans (prefix)+port (root or base)→transport
carry from one place to another
- port (root or base)+able (suffix)→portable
easy to carry
- re (prefix)+port (root or base)+er (suffix)→reporter
a person who carries news back to us
- sup (prefix)+port (root or base)→support
hold up from below
sup + port: the prefix changes to match → support
- trans (prefix)+port (root or base)+ation (suffix)→transportation
a way of carrying people or goods
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Taught alongside
Parts that share a lesson with port.
- ruptbreak
- in-in, or into
- -era person or thing that does something
- re-again, or back
- dis-not, the opposite of, or apart
- -ablecan be, or able to be
- -ivetending to, or having the quality of
- -tionthe act of, or the result of
- sub-under, or below
- inter-between, or among
- ex-out
- trans-across, or from one place to another
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