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工作学习 / Francais / a question about ' portfolio 'someone told me that ' portfolio ' is a French word, isn't it? What does that mean in French?
If ' port - ' is a prefix, what does it mean?
If ' -folio ' is the stem, what does it mean?
Many thanks.
-longfor(longfor);
2005-11-2
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Port = carry
Folio = paper
According to http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=p&p=25, it comes from Italian.
:-)
-dura_crisis(dura_crisis);
2005-11-2
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Porfolio in French is 'portefeuille'. Not sure if the English word comes from the French.
-flor(Food Guy);
2006-1-15
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