portator

Latin

Verb

portātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of portō

Etymology 2

Found in Late Latin. From portō +‎ -tor.

Noun

portātor m (genitive portātōris); third declension

carrier; bearer; bringer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	portātor	portātōrēs
Genitive	portātōris	portātōrum
Dative	portātōrī	portātōribus
Accusative	portātōrem	portātōrēs
Ablative	portātōre	portātōribus
Vocative	portātor	portātōrēs

Descendants

Old French: portour
- English: porter
- Middle French: porteur
  - French: porteur
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: portador
- Occitan: portador
Italian: portatore
Portuguese: portador
Romanian: purtător
Spanish: portador

References

portator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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