English
Portman
From port + man.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to fare, cross’
Proto-Indo-European *pértus ‘crossing’
Proto-Italic *portus ‘harbour’
Latin portus ‘harbour, port’
Old English port ‘a port, haven’
English port
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
Today it means
name A surname originating as an occupation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portman