* Origin: Portuguese evolved from Vulgar Latin, the common language spoken by the Romans in the Iberian Peninsula.
* Grammar and Vocabulary: It shares a significant amount of grammatical structure and vocabulary with other Romance languages like Spanish, Italian, and French, all stemming from Latin.
While Portuguese is spoken in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea, that doesn't automatically make it a "Mediterranean" language. The term "Mediterranean" generally refers to cultural, historical, and geographical aspects rather than linguistic classifications.