English

Lockyer

Occupational surname for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of lock.

Formed from lock + -yer

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Today it means

name A surname originating as an occupation.

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