portaticum

Latin

Alternative forms

• portāticus, portāgium

Etymology

Depending on the sense, either from portus (“harbour”) or porta (“gate”) +‎ -āticum. Attested from 681 CE.

Noun

portāticum n (genitive portāticī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. gate tax
2. harbor tax

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	portāticum	portātica
genitive	portāticī	portāticōrum
dative	portāticō	portāticīs
accusative	portāticum	portātica
ablative	portāticō	portāticīs
vocative	portāticum	portātica

Descendants

• Galician: portádego, portádigo
• Old French: portage (see there for further descendants)
• Italian: portatico
• Leonese: portalgo
• Old Spanish: portadgo
  • Spanish: portazgo

References

• portaticum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)