PORTFOLIO (shortened

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of

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• PORTO

Porto

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• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of

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• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper,

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• LAT

Lat.

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• FOLIUM

folium,

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• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf)  , a case for keeping papers, documents, prints, maps, &c., usually a leather book-cover with a flexible back . As the official documents of a state department are in the hands of the minister of that department, the word " port-folio " is frequently used figuratively of the office itself, particularly on the continent of Europe, where the " portfolio " is the symbol of office, as, in English usage, the " seals " are for the secretaryships of state . The phrase " minister without port-folio " is applied to a member of a ministry to whom no special department is assigned .