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Dates Born III 2948 (1348 by the Shire-reckoning) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Baggins Pronunciation Porto is pronounced 'po'rto' Meaning Uncertain1 Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: P Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 December 2023 This entry is complete Posco Baggins’ second son Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Posco Baggins Gilly Brownlock Ponto Baggins PortoBaggins Peony Baggins The second child of Posco Baggins and Gilly Brownlock. He was only very distantly related to Bilbo or Frodo Baggins (the most recent ancestor he shared with either of them was his great-great-grandfather Balbo Baggins). Nevertheless, he was among the 'One Gross' invited to the famous Birthday Party during which Bilbo disappeared. He was born in the middle of the fourteenth century, according to the Shire Calendar, which would have made him fifty-three at the time of the Party. Notes 1 There are various potential roots behind the name Porto (as for example, 'door' or 'gate', 'harbour' or 'port'). It could also mean 'carriage' or 'bearing', from which we derive the modern word 'portly', which might seem to be a suitable origin for a Hobbit-name. In context, however, it seems doubtful that the name was intended to carry a modern meaning. Porto Baggins came from a long line of Hobbits dating back to his great-grandfather Ponto who all had names fitting the pattern 'Po...o' (Ponto, Polo, Posco and another Ponto, who was Porto's elder brother) and it seems that Porto's name simply continued this trend among his branch of the Baggins family. See also... Gilly Brownlock, Ponto Baggins, Posco Baggins Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: P Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 December 2023 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2005, 2008, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Job matching, relationship and team services and more are all free and unlimited to Discus users.

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Dates Born III 2948 (1348 by the Shire-reckoning) Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Baggins Pronunciation Porto is pronounced 'po'rto' Meaning Uncertain1 Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: P Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 December 2023 This entry is complete Posco Baggins’ second son

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Posco Baggins

Gilly Brownlock

Ponto Baggins PortoBaggins Peony Baggins The second child of Posco Baggins and Gilly Brownlock. He was only very distantly related to Bilbo or Frodo Baggins (the most recent ancestor he shared with either of them was his great-great-grandfather Balbo Baggins). Nevertheless, he was among the 'One Gross' invited to the famous Birthday Party during which Bilbo disappeared. He was born in the middle of the fourteenth century, according to the Shire Calendar, which would have made him fifty-three at the time of the Party. Notes 1 There are various potential roots behind the name Porto (as for example, 'door' or 'gate', 'harbour' or 'port'). It could also mean 'carriage' or 'bearing', from which we derive the modern word 'portly', which might seem to be a suitable origin for a Hobbit-name. In context, however, it seems doubtful that the name was intended to carry a modern meaning. Porto Baggins came from a long line of Hobbits dating back to his great-grandfather Ponto who all had names fitting the pattern 'Po...o' (Ponto, Polo, Posco and another Ponto, who was Porto's elder brother) and it seems that Porto's name simply continued this trend among his branch of the Baggins family. See also... Gilly Brownlock, Ponto Baggins, Posco Baggins Indexes: Alphabetical: B Alphabetical: P Hobbits About this entry: Updated 30 December 2023 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2005, 2008, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Job matching, relationship and team services and more are all free and unlimited to Discus users.