Etymograph

English

Porlock

Porlock comes from Old English Portloc.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Portloc
  2. EnglishtodayPorlock

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Portloc
  2. EnglishtodayPorlock

A compound of port + loca

Today it means

name A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English Portloc / Porlock