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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)
- helper
- support
- stand, holder (and similar structures)
- (heraldry) supporter
Etymology 2
Verb
supporto
- first-person singular present indicative of supportare
Latin
Etymology
From sub- (“under”) + portō (“I carry”).
Pronunciation
Verb
supportō (present infinitive supportāre, perfect active supportāvī, supine supportātum); first conjugation
- 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.