{"era":"current","word":"supports","meaning":"provides assistance or bears weight","children":[{"era":"1300s","word":"support","meaning":"to bear, to maintain, to assist","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"supporter","meaning":"one who supports","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"supportare","meaning":"to carry, bear, from sub- (under) + portare (to carry)","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}