Etymograph

English

asport

Asport comes from Latin asportō ‘to carry away or take off, remove’, from Proto-Italic *portā ‘gate’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-1uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥téh₂1uncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*portā1‘gate’uncertain
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*portāō1‘to carry’uncertain
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportō1‘carry, bear’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasportō2‘to carry away or take off, remove’
  7. Englishtodayasport2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin asporto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English asport

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-Wiktionary, Latin asportouncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pr̥téh₂Wiktionary, Latin asportouncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*portāWiktionary, Latin asporto‘gate’uncertain
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*portāōWiktionary, Latin asporto‘to carry’uncertain
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEportōWiktionary, Latin asporto‘carry, bear’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEasportōWiktionary, English asport‘to carry away or take off, remove’
  7. EnglishtodayasportWiktionary, English asport

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *per-

first, before, far, per, price, private, press, further, practice, fear, pre, primary, prime, appreciate, prize, prior, pregnant, practical, opportunity, afford, precious, praise, interpretation, ford, privilege, parade, par, ferry, pirate, fare, forth, pardon, primitive, prix, interpreter, pragmatic, privy, prism, proton, peril, 141 more

through Proto-Italic *portā ‘gate’

porch, portal, porta, portico, 20 more

through Proto-Italic *portāō ‘to carry’

rapporteur, 14 more

through Latin portō ‘carry, bear’

support, report, importance, transport, export, import, porter, rapport, deport, comport, 13 more

Today it means

verb To take and move to a certain other place, to carry away.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “asport”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin asporto. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *per- / asport

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