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port

(PORT)

to carry

Latin for carrying. Found in words about transport, importing, and bearing things.

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Movement

Example words

  • transport

    to carry across a distance

  • import

    to carry goods into a country

  • export

    to carry goods out of a country

  • portable

    able to be carried

Words in our dictionary that use this root

Every dataset word containing port, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.

  • transport

    to carry across a distance

  • import

    to carry goods into a country

  • export

    to carry goods out of a country

  • portable

    able to be carried

  • deport

    to carry away (from a country)

Who it is for

Grades served: 4, 5

Level 1Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.

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