portly

Words with a similar base: portly

'portly'

[portly.s.01] as in: euphemisms for `fat'

Examples:
men are portly and women are stout

Origins

					portly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── port (English)
    ├── Porto (Portuguese)
    ├── port (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │   └── portus (Latin)
    ├── porta (Latin)
    └── porter (French)
        ├── portare (Latin)
        └── porto (Latin)

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