Where does “پورتقال” come from?

پورتقال (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Portuguese Portugal, from Middle English Portyngale, from Middle French Portingal, from Latin Portucale, from Latin Portus Cale, from Latin Portus, from Proto-Italic portus, from Proto-Indo-European pértus — passed , crossed.

پورتقال (Ottoman Turkish): orange (fruit and tree)

Definitions

  1. orange (fruit and tree)

Ancestry of “پورتقال”, step by step

پورتقال traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Portugal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePortugal—
2Middle EnglishPortyngale—
3Middle FrenchPortingal—
4LatinPortucalePortugal
5LatinPortus CaleOporto
6LatinPortus” or, later, “Portus Rōmae”}} Portus large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome
7Proto-Italicportusharbour
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpértuscrossing
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Italian portogallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianportogalloorange
2ItalianPortogalloPortugal

Words derived from “پورتقال”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pértus →