Etymology

Port aux Basques

Today it means: A village and port in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Full definition →

French Port aux Basques
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · derived fromPort aux Basques
  2. English todayPort aux Basques

From French Port aux Basques, derived in turn from port (“port”) and the plural form of basque (“Basque”). From being a haven used by Basque whalers in the 16th century, later becoming a settlement in the 17th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.