occupational name for the holder of any office, from
Anglo-Norman French officer (an agent derivative of Old French
office ‘duty’, ‘service’, Latin officium ‘service’,
‘task’).
occupational name for a sewer of gold embroidery, from
Anglo-Norman French orfroiser (an agent derivative of Old
French orfrois, Late Latin auriphyrigium ‘Phrygian
gold’--the Phrygians being famed in antiquity for their gold
embroidery).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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