supporto

See also: supportò

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French support, from the verb supporter, ultimately from Latin supportāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supˈpɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: sup‧pòr‧to

Noun

supporto m (plural supporti)

1. helper
2. support
3. stand, holder (and similar structures)
4. (heraldry) supporter

Etymology 2

Verb

supporto

1. first-person singular present indicative of supportare

Latin

Alternative forms

• subportō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portō

Latin supportō

From sub- (“under”) + portō (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊpˈpɔr.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [supˈpɔr.to]

Verb

supportō (present infinitive supportāre, perfect active supportāvī, supine supportātum); first conjugation

1. to carry, bring, convey or transport

Conjugation

   Conjugation of supportō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	supportō		supportās		supportat		supportāmus		supportātis		supportant
	imperfect	supportābam		supportābās		supportābat		supportābāmus		supportābātis		supportābant
	future	supportābō		supportābis		supportābit		supportābimus		supportābitis		supportābunt
	perfect	supportāvī		supportāvistī		supportāvit		supportāvimus		supportāvistis		supportāvērunt, supportāvēre
	pluperfect	supportāveram		supportāverās		supportāverat		supportāverāmus		supportāverātis		supportāverant
	future perfect	supportāverō		supportāveris		supportāverit		supportāverimus		supportāveritis		supportāverint
passive	present	supportor		supportāris, supportāre		supportātur		supportāmur		supportāminī		supportantur
	imperfect	supportābar		supportābāris, supportābāre		supportābātur		supportābāmur		supportābāminī		supportābantur
	future	supportābor		supportāberis, supportābere		supportābitur		supportābimur		supportābiminī		supportābuntur
	perfect	supportātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	supportātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	supportātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	supportem		supportēs		supportet		supportēmus		supportētis		supportent
	imperfect	supportārem		supportārēs		supportāret		supportārēmus		supportārētis		supportārent
	perfect	supportāverim		supportāverīs		supportāverit		supportāverīmus		supportāverītis		supportāverint
	pluperfect	supportāvissem		supportāvissēs		supportāvisset		supportāvissēmus		supportāvissētis		supportāvissent
passive	present	supporter		supportēris, supportēre		supportētur		supportēmur		supportēminī		supportentur
	imperfect	supportārer		supportārēris, supportārēre		supportārētur		supportārēmur		supportārēminī		supportārentur
	perfect	supportātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	supportātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		supportā		—		—		supportāte		—
	future	—		supportātō		supportātō		—		supportātōte		supportantō
passive	present	—		supportāre		—		—		supportāminī		—
	future	—		supportātor		supportātor		—		—		supportantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		supportāre			supportārī			supportāns			—
future		supportātūrum esse			supportātum īrī			supportātūrus			supportandus
perfect		supportāvisse			supportātum esse			—			supportātus
future perfect		—			supportātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		supportātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		supportandī		supportandō		supportandum		supportandō		supportātum		supportātū

Descendants

• Catalan: suportar
• English: support
• French: supporter
• Galician: soportar
• Italian: sopportare, supportare
• Portuguese: suportar
• Romanian: suporta
• Spanish: soportar

References

• “supporto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “supporto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “supporto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.