Transport

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late Middle English: from Old French transporter or Latin transportare, from trans- ‘across’ + portare ‘carry’.

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From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter(“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportō, from trans(“across”) + porto(“to carry”).

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transport (v.)

late 14c., "convey from one place to another," from Old French transporter "carry or convey across; overwhelm (emotionally)" (14c.) or directly from Latin transportare "carry over, take across, convey, remove," from trans "beyond, across" (see trans-) + portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over"). Sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is first recorded c. 1500. Meaning "to carry away into banishment" is recorded from 1660s.

transport (n.)

mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" sense of "means of transportation, carriage, conveyance" is recorded from 1690s; from transport (v.).