English

robemaking

From robe + making.

A compound of robe + making

Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- ‘to tear, peel’

Proto-Germanic *raubō ‘rift, gap’

Frankish *rouba

Old French robe ‘booty’

Middle English robe ‘a robe as a symbol of rank or office’

English robe

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of robes.

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

Etymograph / robemaking