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Help[Facts] Re: Doorway
in reply to a message by Quamalamalam
I can see where the books coming from. Port can mean "gateway," Old English port "portal, door, gate, entrance," from Old French porte "gate, entrance," from Latin porta "city gate, gate; door, entrance," from PIE root *per- (see port (n.1)). Specific meaning "porthole, opening in the side of a ship" is attested from c.1300.
It seems quite possible that Portia could have been derived from Latin porta meaning "gate" or "door."
It seems quite possible that Portia could have been derived from Latin porta meaning "gate" or "door."
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