What is the Latin word for porter?

The usual Latin words for “porter” are iānitor, ōstiārius, atrĭārĭus; also baiulus, sustineō, gerulus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“porter” in Latin

iānitordoorkeeper; doorman; porter; pylorus ōstiāriusof or pertaining to a door atrĭārĭusa porter baiulusa carrier: a porter sustineōto hold up or upright, uphold, support, sustain; to keep up, bear up, tolerate; to hold or keep back or in, stay, check,gerulusa bearer, carrier; one who does something, a doer cervēsaCeltic wheat-beer

The English word porter itself goes back to Latin porta, through portarius.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

porter

Keeper of a gate, janitor (Cic.); ostiarius (Vitr.); atriarius (Pand.).

One who carries burdens, bajulus (Cic.); onus humeris portans or sustinens; gerulus (Plaut.).

A kind of beer, *cerevisia, quam vocant Porter.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for porter?: The usual Latin words for “porter” are iānitor, ōstiārius, atrĭārĭus; also baiulus, sustineō, gerulus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.