supporto

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See also: supportò

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French support, from the verb supporter, ultimately from Latin supportāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /supˈpɔr.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrto
  • Hyphenation: sup‧pòr‧to

Noun

supporto m (plural supporti)

  1. helper
  2. support
  3. stand, holder (and similar structures)
  4. (heraldry) supporter

Etymology 2

Verb

supporto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of supportare

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sub- (under) +‎ portō (I carry).

Pronunciation

Verb

supportō (present infinitive supportāre, perfect active supportāvī, supine supportātum); first conjugation

  1. to carry, bring, convey or transport

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • supporto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • supporto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • supporto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.