Where does “longphort” come from?
longphort (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish long, from Latin longa, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “longphort”, step by step
longphort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Irish long
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | long | boat; ship |
| 2 | Latin | longa | inflection of longus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old Irish port
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | port | place; shore |
| 2 | Latin | Portus | ” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”}} Portus large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | portus | harbour |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |