Portus Cale

• Portucale (Late Latin)

Portus (“harbor”) + Callus, of uncertain origin, perhaps from:

• the name of the Gallaeci, a Celtic tribe of Iberia;
• Latin calidus (“warm”);
• Ancient Greek Καλλίς (Kallís, “Beautiful”), referring to the Douro valley; see καλός (kalós, “beautiful”); or
• an Iberian pronunciation of Ancient Greek Γαῖα (Gaîa, goddess of the Earth).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔr.tʊs ˈka.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔr.tus ˈkaː.le]

Portus Cale m sg (genitive Portūs Calis); variously declined, fourth declension, third declension

1. Portus Cale (an ancient town and port in present-day northern Portugal, in the area of contemporary Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia)

Fourth-declension noun with a third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

• Late Latin: Portucale
  • Italian: Portogallo
  • Middle French: Portingal
    • → Middle English: Portyngale, Portingal, Portingale, Portingalle, Portyngal, Portyngall, Portynggale
      • English: Portingal, Portingale
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Portugal, Portogal, Portugale
    • Fala: Portugal
    • Galician: Portugal
    • Portuguese: Portugal (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle Dutch: Portegale
      • → Dutch: Poortugaal
    • → Middle French: Portingal
      • → Middle English: Portyngale
        • → Middle Scots: Portingal
  • Spanish: Portugal

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN