The story
- Old English · derived frombōc“book”
- Old English · derived frombucca“he-goat”
- English todayBuckman
From either of two derivations: # Old English bucca (“he-goat”) + mann (“man”), to denote a goat-keeper. # Old English bōc (“book”) + mann (“man”), to denote a student or scholar, or else a book-copier or bookbinder.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbucca all →
Buckley
Old Englishbōc all →
bookBuckland
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.