## Meanings
1. A place on the coast where ships dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
2. The left side of a ship or aircraft when facing forward.
3. A strong sweet red wine from Portugal.

## Examples
- The ship arrived at the port early in the morning.
- Land was visible off the port side.
- They each had a glass of port after dinner.

## Antonyms
- starboard

## Derived Forms
- airport
- aport
- backport
- beachport
- burtonport
- carport
- cosmoport
- devonport
- earthport
- eastport
- freeport
- gulfport

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: port
- Root: portus
- Root: *pértus

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port English port From Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. Doublet of fjard, fjord, firth, ford, and…

## AI Etymology
Port comes from Old English port, borrowed from Latin portus (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”) (and thus a distant doublet of ford). The directional sense, attested since at least the 1500s, derives from ancient vessels with the steering oar on the right (see etymology of starboard), which therefore had to moor with their left sides facing the dock or wharf. The historical chain includes port (Old English), portus (Latin), *pértus (Proto-Indo-European). In present-day English it covers a place on the coast where ships dock to load and unload cargo or passengers, the left side of a ship or aircraft when facing forward, and a strong sweet red wine from Portugal. The wider family includes derived forms such as airport, aport, backport, beachport, burtonport.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Transportation

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