exporter
/ɪkˈspɔːtə/ik-SPAWR-tur
/ɪkˈspɔɹtɚ/ik-SPAWR-tur
Meaningone that carries out
Common meaning: a person or thing that exports
- exout
- portto carry, bear alongLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1402 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘out’ + ‘to carry, bear along’ → exporter
Journey through time
- Latinportō, portāre‘to carry, bear along’
- Englishexport‘to send goods out to another country’
- Englishformed in English from exportexporter‘a person or thing that exports’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that carries out. It can be inferred from any of: export.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from export + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- portō, portāre Latin “to carry, bear along”
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