English
Pettengill
Pettengill comes from Middle English Portyngale ‘Portugal’, and goes back to Latin Portucale.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPortucale
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Portingal
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Portyngale‘Portugal’
- EnglishtodayPettengill
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPortucale
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600Portingal
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Portyngale‘Portugal’
- EnglishtodayPettengill
The story
Ethnic surname for someone from Portugal, from an altered form of Middle English Portyngale (‘Portugal’).
Every English word from Latin Portucale
Today it means
name A surname from Middle English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Portucale / Pettengill