Etymology of the English word portmanteau
the English word
portmanteauderived from the French word
portemanteauusing the French prefix
porte-derived from the Old French word
porterderived from the Latin word
portare (carry, bring)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*per-derived from the French word
manteauderived from the Old French word
mantelderived from the Latin word
mantellum (cloak, mantel; handtowel)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
mantellusderived from the Latin word
mantusUsage
Word found in Modern English
