Comport
/kəmˈpɔːrt/noun
To conduct or behave oneself in a particular way.
Did you know?Comport comes from Latin *comportare*, literally “to carry together,” and its deeper root is the same *portare* found in words like *portable* and *transport*—so behavior was once imagined as a kind of carrying or bearing of the self.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to carry, to bear, to bring”
Latin
Latin
portare
“to carry, to bring”
Latin
Latin
comportare
“to bring together, collect; later, to conduct oneself”
Old French
Old French
comporter
“to bear, endure; to behave”
Middle English
English
comporten
“to behave, conduct oneself”
Modern English
English
comport
“to behave or conduct oneself in a specified way”
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