import
/ɪmˈpɔːrt/·임포트·verb, noun
to bring goods into a country from abroad
LatinCEFR A2
Root
im- (in) + Latin 'portare' (to carry)
Latin importare (carry in) → Middle English importen → Modern import
In a word
im- (in) + port (carry) = 'carry in'. View the port family side by side and the logic shows itself: im- (in) → import, ex- (out) → export, trans- (across) → transport. Even "import a library" in code joined this family recently. Know the family, and half of any new port-word reads itself.
Examples
Korea imports most of its oil.
The company began to import French wine.
Imports rose by ten percent last year.
Related
exporttransportportablereportsupport