myEtymology.com: French etymology of portrait

Etymology of the French word portrait

the Old French word portrait

derived from the Old French word portraire

derived from the French word pour

derived from the Old French word traire

using the Old French prefix por-

English portrait, Romanian portret

Dutch portret, English portrait, German Porträt, Lithuanian portretas, Norwegian portrett, Polish portret, Russian пopтpeт, Swedish porträtt

Word found in Old French