Portyngale

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Portingal, Portingale, Portingalle, Portyngal, Portyngall, Portynggale

Etymology

From Middle French Portingal, which added an intrusive /n/ sound through the process of excrescence, from Latin Portucale.

Proper noun

Portyngale

1. Portugal (a country in Europe)
   • c. 1440(?a. 1400), Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn) 1025:

     He sowppes all þis seson with seuen knaue childre, Choppid in a chargour..With pekill & powdyre of precious spycez And pyment full plenteuous of Portyngale wynes.

     He sips all this season with seven mischievous children, chopped in a charger, with a mix of precious spices and plenty of Portugual wines.

Derived terms

• Portyngaler

Related terms

• Portyugalens

Descendants

• English: Portingal, Portingale

References

• “Portingāl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.