English

garmentworker

From garment + worker.

Frankish *warnijan ‘to ward off, refuse, deny’

Old French garnir ‘to protect, fortify, clothe, garnish, adorn’

Old French garnement

Middle English garment

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun A person who works making clothes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / garmentworker