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The surname Chaucer is thought to have one of the following derivations: *The name Chaucer frequently occurs in the early ''Letter Books'' and in French language of the time it meant "shoemaker", which meaning is also recorded in the "Glossary of Anglo-Norman and Early English Words".〔Alfred Allan Kern, ''The Ancestry of Chaucer'' (Google eBook), Lord Baltimore Press, 1906, (p. 6 )〕 *From French 'chaussier', 'chaucier', a hosier〔〔 *May have arisen from 'chaufecire', 'chafewax', i.e. a clerk of the court of Chancery whose duty consisted in affixing seals to royal signature,〔〔Grace E Hadow, Chaucer and His Times, ((book description) )〕 however Kern doubted this derivation, since the surname 'Chaucer' was too common 〔 The first two derivations are ultimately traced to Latin ''calcearium'', "shoemaker".〔 The surname may refer to: *Geoffrey Chaucer, "Father of English literature" *Thomas Chaucer (c. 1367-1434), Speaker of the English House of Commons ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chaucer (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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