English
apparel
Apparel comes from Old French apareillier ‘to arm or tool oneself’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *appariclāre.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*appariclārereconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apareillier‘to arm or tool oneself’
- Englishearliest quotation 1568apparel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*appariclārereconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400apareillier‘to arm or tool oneself’
- Englishearliest quotation 1568apparel
Earliest quotation: 1568, Bishops' Bible: “They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are…”
Linked words
through Latin parō ‘prepare, provide’
several, separate, empire, emperor, imperial, repair, preparation, separation, empress, parachute, severance, preparatory, disparate, inseparable, imperium, imperious, separator, rampart, imperator, separable, reparation, pare, 16 more
Today it means
noun Clothing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *appariclāre / apparel