exported
UK[ɪkˈspɔːtɪd]US[ˈɛkˌspɔrtəd]
v
To send goods or services to another country for sale.
v
To transfer data from one computer system or program to another.
Morpheme Breakdown
ex
port
ed
ex
out
port
carry
ed
verb suffix
Etymology
The word 'exported' is built upon the Latin verb exportare, which itself is a compound of the prefix ex- (meaning "out") and the verb portare (meaning "to carry"). This literal sense of "carrying out" was used in the context of moving goods from a place. As international trade developed, the term was adopted into English in the late 15th century, specializing to mean carrying goods out of a country for trade. The addition of the '-ed' suffix follows the standard Germanic pattern in English for forming the past tense, applying this Latin-derived core meaning to a completed action of sending goods or data abroad.
Analysis
Structure: ex (out) + port (carry) + ed (verb suffix)
- ex: Latin origin, a prefix meaning "out of, from, away."
- port: Latin origin, from the verb portare, meaning "to carry."
- ed: Old English origin, a suffix used to form the past tense and past participle of regular verbs.
Examples
The company exported over a million tons of grain last year.
She exported the contacts from her old phone to the new one.
Several rare artifacts were illegally exported from the country.