Transport definition
An example of transport is a city bus.
An example of transport is a cargo ship.
An example of transport is to put fruit on a truck to take it to the grocery store.
To transport goods; to transport troops.
An example of transport is to be reminded of a past memory while listening to a poem.
Origin of transport
- Middle English transporten from Old French transporter from Latin trānsportāre trāns- trans- portāre to carry per-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin transporto, from trans- (“across”) + porto (“to carry”)
From Wiktionary