transportal en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English transport Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English transportal From transport + -al.
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Transportation (from one place to another).
[…] few relations are more striking than the adaptation of hooked seeds for transportal by the wool and fur of quadrupeds.
1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Geographical Distribution—continued”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 392: