From the latin "sub" - below + "portare" - to carry

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verb: support; 3rd person present: supports; past tense: supported; past participle:supported; gerund or present participle: supporting

1. bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

hold up, bear, carry, prop up, keep up, bolster up, brace, shore up, underpin, buttress, reinforce

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noun: support; plural noun: supports

material assistance. approval, encouragement, or comfort, moral support, friendship, strengthening, strength, encouragement, buoying up, heartening, fortification, consolation, solace, succour,relief, easement;omfort,  help, assistance, tower of strength, prop, backbone,mainstay

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