Where does “ePortal” come from?
ePortal (English) comes from English portal, from Middle English portal, from Old French portal, from Old French porte, from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
ePortal (English): A web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs
Definitions
- A web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs
Ancestry of “ePortal”, step by step
ePortal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English portal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | portal | An entrance, entry point, or means of entry; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | portal | a portal |
| 3 | Old French | portal | gate |
| 4 | Old French | porte | door |
| 5 | Latin | porta | gate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |