porter

to carry; to support, to bear; to wear; to be about, to concern; to feel, to carry one's self

“Sur quoi portait la question ?” — What was the question concerning?

Inherited from Old French porter, from Latin portāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go, traverse”).

porter (beer)

“il […] étancha sa soif avec le porter, cette bière noire qui sent le jus de réglisse dépouillé de sucre.” — He quenched his thirst with some porter, that dark beer which smells of unsweetened liquorice.

From English porter.