English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of
boots, from Middle English, Old French bote (of unknown
origin).Dutch and North German: metonymic occupational
name for a boatman, from Dutch boot ‘boat’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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