Middle English. From Anglo-Norman parcheminer (compare Old French, Middle French parcheminier from parchemin + -er. In some forms after parchment. Compare post-classical Latin pargaminarius, parcamenarius, pergamenarius, pergaminerius, Old Occitan pargamenier (Occitan pergaminièr, also pergamentièr), Catalan pergaminer, Spanish pergaminero, also Middle Dutch parcamenter, Old High German pergamināri (Middle High German pergamener, pergamenter).