by Dwane | Aug 25, 2015 | Education, English
I am up late grading student homework right now. In one class, the vocabulary class, I told the students to use English words that came from the Latin word Porto. Porto means “I carry”. This student went above and beyond: 1. The porter did not...
by Dwane | Jan 29, 2015 | Education, Latin, Vocabulary
Comport: to behave, or conduct oneself well. From Latin comportare (to collect, to amass, to bring together). In this sense, perhaps comport carries the meaning of pulling oneself together for the occasion. The verb comportare breaks down to the preposition cum...
by Dwane | Jan 28, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Porter: the doorkeeper, or gate keeper. This word comes from Latin porta (door). When the doorkeeper helps you carry the luggage, he becomes another kind of porter. He becomes a carrier of burdens. The second usage of the word comes from the Latin verb portare...
by Dwane | Jan 24, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Italian, Latin, Vocabulary
The verb porto, in Latin means, to carry or, to bring. In all its glory, the verb is: porto, portare, portavi, portatum. English pulls quite a few words out of this particular Latin hat. Before we get to that, however, let’s take a look at the way Romance...
