portal1
n.
- a doorway, gate, or gateway, especially a large and imposing one.
- Computing an Internet site providing a directory of links to other sites.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from med. L. portale, neut. of portalis ‘like a gate’, from L. porta ‘door, gate’.
portal2
adj.
Anatomy relating to the transverse fissure of the liver, through which major blood vessels pass.
Etymology
C19: from mod. L. portalis, from L. porta ‘gate’.