Porter   to Bear  

porteur ('carrier', bearer): porter, purport (portée, teneur)
portatif ('which can be carried'): portable, portability (portabilité)
portage ('[where the canoe] has to be carried'): portage
Grand Portage (Minnesota, Wisconsin) means 'big portage'  Grand: Big.
colporteur ('one who carries wares on his neck', peddler): colporteur  Cou: Neck
comporter ('to carry together', to behave): to comport, comportment (comportement)
déporter ('to carry away'); to deport, deportee (déporté), deportation (déportation), deportment (maintien, comportement), to disport oneself (s'amuser), disport (divertissement)
exporter ('to carry out'): to export, export (exportation)
importer ('to carry in', to matter): to import, import (importation), important (important), importance (importance)
reporter ('to carry again [to]', to relate): to report (rapporter), report (reportage , rapport), reporter (journaliste)
supporter ('to carry near'): to support, supportable (soutenable)
transporter ('to carry over'): to transport, transportation (transport), transporter (transporteur), transportable (transportable)
portefeuille ('leaf carrier', wallet): portfolio  Feuille: Leaf
 
  déporter also meant 'to amuse oneself' ('to withdraw [from labor]') in Old French, hence English 'sport' and 'disport' (see Spanish deporte) and Modern French sport .

Es deporte (sport)
It sport (sport), portafoglio (wallet), portamento ('way of carrying', portamento)
 


Navire: Ship
Voile: Sail
Rive: Shore
Roue: Wheel
Route: Road
载 載 Charge: Load
Voie: Way
Passer: to Go through
Porter: to Bear


© Renaud Bouret