Transporter
/trænˈspɔːrtər/noun
A person or thing that transports something from one place to another.
Did you know?Transporter comes from Latin transportare, and the same trans- root appears in words like transcribe and transform, all built on the ancient idea of crossing over.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to carry, to pass through”
Latin
Latin
transportare
“to carry across, convey over”
Old French
OF
transporter
“to carry across, move, convey”
Middle English
English
transporten
“to carry or convey from one place to another”
Modern English
English
transporter
“a person or thing that transports something”