English

Portgordon

From port + Gordon, after Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.

Formed from port + Gordon

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

Celtic

Today it means

name A coastal village in Moray council area, Scotland, historically in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ3964).

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

Etymograph / Portgordon