Etymology

Portnoy

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Russian портной
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromпортной“tailor”
  2. English todayPortnoy

From Russian портной (portnoj, “tailor”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.