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Latin Love: portare

Learn how the Latin root “portare" (“to carry”) relates to the meanings of words like "report" (carried back) and "support" (carried under). The root "port" also has to do with doorways, as in "portal.”
More Latin Love, Volume I lists:
vocare, sci, struere, and via!
ELA Common Core State Standard: "Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word."
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