Släkthistoria för Chaucer
Chaucer Vad efternamn betyder
from Old French chaucier ‘maker of chausses’ an agent derivative of Old French chauces ‘breeches pantaloons hose’. In 1484 these were ‘chauces of yron or legge harneys’ (OED ). Middle English chauce was a general term for anything worn on the feet: boots shoes hose or leggings. As Baldwin le Chaucer (1307 London Letter Books B) was of Cordwanerstrete the early chaucer was probably a worker in leather a maker of leather breeches boots etc.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
