Portucale

Latin

Etymology

Portus Cale (former name of what is now the city of Vila Nova de Gaia), from portus + Callus, which is disputed:

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /porˈtu.ka.le/, [pɔrˈt̪ʊkäɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈtu.ka.le/, [porˈt̪uːkäle]

Proper noun

Portucale n sg (genitive Portucalis); third declension

1. A city of Roman Lusitania now called Vila Nova de Gaia.
2. (Medieval Latin) The region or county of Porto.
3. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Portugal

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Portucale
Genitive	Portucalis
Dative	Portucalī
Accusative	Portucale
Ablative	Portucale
Vocative	Portucale
Locative	Portucalī Portucale

Derived terms

• Portucensis
• portucensis
• portucalensis

Descendants

• Middle French: Portingal
  • → Middle English: Portyngale, Portingal, Portingale, Portingalle, Portyngal, Portyngall, Portynggale
    • English: Portingal, Portingale
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Portugal, Portugale
  • Galician: Portugal
  • Portuguese: Portugal
    • → English: Portugal
• Spanish: Portugal

References

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