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ShazzieB

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33. But "portage" is derived from French!

Reply to Collimator (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 13, 2025, 02:35 PM

Apr 2025

por·tage
Origin

late Middle English: from French, from porter ‘carry’. The sense relating to carrying between navigable waters dates from the late 17th century.

So not a Viking word!

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