Porté
/pɔʁ.te/noun
A ballet term for a lift in which one dancer carries or supports another.
Did you know?Porté is the French past participle of porter, “to carry,” from Latin portare—the same ancient source behind English port and portable.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“To pass over, go through, or carry across”
Classical Latin
Latin
portāre
“To carry or bear”
Vulgar Latin
Latin
*portāre
“To carry; the ancestor of Romance forms”
Old French
Old French
porter
“To carry or bear”
Modern French
French
porté
“Carried; borne”
19th–20th Century
English
porté
“A ballet lift in which one dancer carries or supports another”