supporto Latin · revision 4632

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Caesar|origins=la portō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊpˈpɔr.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [supˈpɔr.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''supportō''' (present infinitive supportāre, perfect active supportāvī, supine supportātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|portō|t2=to carry]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It is also spelled [[m|la|subportō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Caesar, in the Gallic War, uses it of bringing up grain supplies from the Sequani.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to carry or bring up supplies to a centre or to the place of work, frequent in Caesar of grain and provisions, and of materials for siege works.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is perhaps not in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Its descendants include [[fr|supporter]], [[it|sopportare]] and [[es|soportar]] “to bear, endure”.^(Wiktionary) [[en|support]] is recorded in the late 14th century through Old French ''suporter'', in the senses to hold up and to endure.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of bringing up supplies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''support'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry, bring or convey to a place; to [[m|en|transport]] supplies.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[supportatorium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[porto|alt=portō]]

+ * [[en|support]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}