supporter French · revision 17138

+ {{homograph|1|to bear}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1190 (soporter)|origins=la portō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sy.pɔʁ.te/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''supporter'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''soporter'', ''sorporter'' (about 1190), remade as ''supporter'' after the Latin (1385); Marot still has ''surporter''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The verb is [[bor|la-ecc|supportō|t=to bear, tolerate; to help, support]], at first with a French form.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|18, 121a) In classical Latin “supportare” only meant to carry, bring up from below; the senses “to tolerate” and “to support” are Late and Christian Latin.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) It is formed from [[m|la|sub|t=under]] and [[m|la|portō|t=to carry]] (see [[porter]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Littré 1873)

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+ Compare [[pro|supportar]], [[es|soportar]], [[pt|suportar]] and [[it|sopportare]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ ''Sorporter'' (1190) meant “to endure” and also “to carry off, dominate”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992) In the modern form, Eustache Deschamps (1385) uses it for taking charge of and relieving old people's distress, and ''l'un l'autre supporter'' for helping each other.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the 12th century to the classical period it meant to back someone, take his side, and in particular to pay his expenses (1543); in 1470 a town was ''supportée'', favoured, and the Académie still had this sense in 1718.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) From 1416 it meant to bear a charge or obligation (''supporter les charges de la prevosté'', 1431), and, from about 1485 to hold up a weight.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) The sense “to put up with” someone's behaviour is from the early 14th century, Régnier (1432) says Job ''le bien et le mal supporta''; to bear a person is in d'Urfé (1607).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) In the 20th century the old idea of support came back as an anglicism: ''supporter'' a team.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1190 – ''Sorporter'', to endure.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ * 1385 – ''Supporter'', to relieve, Deschamps.^(TLFi)

+ * 1416 – To bear a charge.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1432 – To endure good and evil, Régnier.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1485 – To hold up a weight.^(TLFi)

+ * 1607 – To put up with someone, d'Urfé.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|support]], hold up, bear the weight of: ''les piliers supportent la voûte''.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|bear]], endure, put up with: ''supporter la douleur'', ''je ne le supporte plus'', ''supporter que''.^(Wiktionary)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # To withstand: ''supporter la chaleur''.^(TLFi)

+ # To bear (a cost or charge): ''supporter les frais''.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

+ # ''(sports, anglicism)'' To support, cheer on (a team or player).^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[support]]

+ * [[supportable]]

+ * [[insupportable]]

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+ {{homograph|2|fan}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1907|origins=la supportō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sy.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''supporter''' ''m'' (plural supporters)^(Wiktionary)

+ Also ''supporteur'', from the verb ''supporter'' “to cheer on”; feminine ''supportrice'' (in Fallet, 1951).^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is [[bor|en|supporter|t=one who supports]], from the English verb [[m|en|support]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first recorded in 1907.^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|supporter]], fan of a team or a player.^(Wiktionary)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ # A supporter of a person or a cause.^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[porter]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}