English
garderobe
Garderobe comes from Middle English garderobe.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garderobe
- Englishearliest quotation 1999same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garderobe
- Englishearliest quotation 1999same form
Earliest quotation: 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings: “He splashed some tepid water on his face from…”
A compound of garderobe + robe ‘dress’
Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to peel’
Proto-Germanic *reufaną ‘to tear’
Proto-Germanic *raubō ‘booty’
French robe ‘dress’
Every English word from Middle English garderobe
Today it means
noun A storeroom or wardrobe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English garderobe / garderobe