Portus Cale

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Portucale (Late Latin) === Etymology === From 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). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.tʊs ˈka.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.tus ˈkaː.le] === Proper noun === Portus Cale m sg (genitive Portūs Calis); variously declined, fourth declension, third declension Portus Cale (an ancient town and port in present-day northern Portugal, in the area of contemporary Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia) ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun with a third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Late Latin: PortucaleItalian: PortogalloMiddle French: Portingal→ Middle English: Portyngale, Portingal, Portingale, Portingalle, Portyngal, Portyngall, PortynggaleEnglish: Portingal, PortingaleOld Galician-Portuguese: Portugal, Portogal, PortugaleFala: PortugalGalician: PortugalPortuguese: Portugal (see there for further descendants)→ Middle Dutch: Portegale→ Dutch: Poortugaal→ Middle French: Portingal→ Middle English: Portyngale→ Middle Scots: PortingalSpanish: 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