Where does “portgerēfa” come from?

portgerēfa (Old English) comes from Old English port, from Latin porta, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

portgerēfa (Old English): a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor in several major English towns or in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England

Definitions

  1. a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor in several major English towns or in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England

Ancestry of “portgerēfa”, step by step

portgerēfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English port

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishporta port, a haven; a town, particularly one with...
2Latinportagate, especially of a city; entrance, passage,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Old English ġerēfa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġerēfareeve, official; steward, reeve
2Proto-West Germanicgarāfijōcount; earl; reeve, bailiff

Words derived from “portgerēfa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin porta →