English
Port Royal
From port + royal.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’
Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’
Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’
Latin portus ‘harbour, port’
Old English port ‘a port, haven’
English port
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
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Latin rēx ‘king’
Latin rēgālis ‘regal’
Old French roial
Middle English royal ‘royal’
English royal
Today it means
name A town and former capital of Jamaica.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Port Royal