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Ingles:

During that dark period of history known as the Middle Ages, the name of
Chambers was first used in France. Many names with Old French origins arrived
in Scotland and England in the 11th century with the Norman Conquest. While
the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the
father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname
in France, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many
people, such as the Chambers family, adopted the name of their occupation as
their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary
surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname
Chambers was an occupational name for a servant in the bedroom of a nobleman.
Further research revealed that the name is derived from the Old French word
"chambre" which means room, and refers to someone of the title chamberlain,
which later came to signify a more administrative office in noble households.

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