Where does “Port-Royal” come from?
Port-Royal (French) comes from Spanish Puerto Real, from Spanish real, from Late Latin realis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Port-Royal (French): a location in Canada
Definitions
- a location in Canada
Ancestry of “Port-Royal”, step by step
Port-Royal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish Puerto Real
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Puerto Real | — |
| 2 | Spanish | real | real; royal; a quarter of a peseta |
| 3 | Late Latin | realis | actual; real, actual |
| 4 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 5 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French port
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 2 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 3 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 4 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 5 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 6 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 7 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 8 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 9 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via French royal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | royal | royal |
| 2 | Middle French | roial | royal; Alternative form of royal |
| 3 | Old French | roial | royal |
| 4 | Latin | rēgālis | regal, royal |
| 5 | Latin | rēx | king, ruler |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēks | king |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |