Etymology

Pettengill

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English Portyngale
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The story

  1. Middle English · derived fromPortyngale“Portugal”
  2. English todayPettengill

Ethnic surname for someone from Portugal, from an altered form of Middle English Portyngale (“Portugal”).

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishPortyngale all →

Portingale

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.