What is the Latin word for to carry?
Learn how the Latin root “portare" (“to carry”) relates to the meanings of words like "report" (carried back) and "support" (carried under).
What word comes from the Latin word portare?
Comport: to comport yourself is how you bear with something; it comes from com- (“with”) and portare. An English synonym for comportment, “bearing,” uses the same idea of of a man's carrying himself in a particular way.