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The invisible scaffolding holding up everything that looks like it stands alone.
means To hold something up, keep it going, or back it with strength, money, or belief so it doesn't fall.
from From Latin 'supportare,' to carry or bring up — 'sub-' (up, from below) plus 'portare' (to carry), the same 'portare' that gives us porter, portable, and import. The literal image is a thing carried from underneath; it slipped into English through Old French 'supporter' and gradually moved from physical bearing-up to the figures we lean on emotionally, financially, and ideologically.
- latin root
- From supportare, to carry from below
- keystone trick
- Arches stand by leaning every stone inward
- social science
- Loneliness rivals smoking as a health risk
- engineering
- Tensegrity structures hold up via balanced tension, not contact
- word company
- Hidden inside it: a quiet port
doctors without borders — international humanitarian organization providing medical aid in 70+ countries
meals on wheels — delivers food to 2+ million homebound seniors annually in the us
habitat for humanity — built over 1 million homes for families in need since 1976