transport (v.)

late 14c., transporten, "convey from one place to another," from Old French transporter "carry or convey across; overwhelm (emotionally)" (14c.) and directly from Latin transportare "carry over, take across, convey, remove," from trans "beyond, across" (see trans-) + portare "to carry" (from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over").

The sense of "carry away with strong feelings" is recorded by c. 1500. The meaning "carry away (a criminal, etc.) into banishment" is recorded from 1660s. Related: Transported; transporting; and, courtesy of 17c., transportative "portable," 1640s; transportive (1620s); transportant "ravishing" (1660).

mid-15c., originally "mental exaltation;" from transport (v.). The meaning "act of carrying or conveying" is from 1610s.

The sense of "means of transportation, carriage, conveyance" is recorded from 1690s; specifically in reference to a vessel employed by a government in carrying troops and provisions of war from place to place or convicts to their banishment."