What is the prefix meaning of port?

Answer 1

The word root port means "to carry" or "to move."

Something that is PORTable is easily movable (like a small radio).

A PORT is a place which moves cargo from place to place.

Some English words also come from PORTA (a Latin word meaning GATE)- for example: portal.

Answer 2

From Latin portus "harbour" via Old English port"harbour".

Answer 3

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land.

Answer 4

Latin

Answer 5

to carry