English word transportation comes from English transport, English -ation
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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transport | English (en) | (Canada) A tractor-trailer.. (historical) A deported convict.. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.). An act of transporting; conveyance.. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular [...] |
-ation | English (en) | A state or quality. An action or process. The result of an action or process. |
transportation | English (en) | (US) A means of conveyance.. (US) A ticket or fare.. (historical) Deportation to a penal colony.. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc. |