English (mainly Essex): occupational name for a maker of facings
and trimmings, Middle English, Old French par(e)mentier (from
parement ‘fitting’, ‘finishing’, Late Latin paramentum,
a derivative of parare ‘to prepare or adorn’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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