Portucale
Latin
editEtymology
editPortus 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /porˈtu.ka.le/, [pɔrˈt̪ʊkäɫ̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /porˈtu.ka.le/, [porˈt̪uːkäle]
Proper noun
editPortucale n sg (genitive Portucalis); third declension
- A city of Roman Lusitania now called Vila Nova de Gaia.
- (Medieval Latin) The region or county of Porto.
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Portugal
Declension
editThird-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
editDescendants
edit- Middle French: Portingal
- → Middle English: Portyngale, Portingal, Portingale, Portingalle, Portyngal, Portyngall, Portynggale
- English: Portingal, Portingale
- → Middle English: Portyngale, Portingal, Portingale, Portingalle, Portyngal, Portyngall, Portynggale
- Old Galician-Portuguese: Portugal, Portugale
- Spanish: Portugal
References
edit- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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- Latin terms derived from Celtic languages
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Iberian
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- Latin neuter nouns in the third declension
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