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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
WARDROBE. Etymology of the word
WARDROBE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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WARDROBE, a
place to keep clothes in. (F.,—G.) M.E. warderobe;
'Jupiter hath in his warderobe bothe garmentes of ioye and of sorrow,'
Test. of Love, b. ii. pr. in Chaucer's Works, ed. 1561, fol. 303, col. 2.—O.F.
warderobe, old spelling of garderobe; this is shewn by the fact
that Roquefort gives warde-cors as the old spelling of F. garde-corps.
The spelling garderobe is in Palsgrave, s.v. wardroppe.
Cotgrave spells it garderobbe, 'a wardrobe, also a house of office' [see wardrope
in Halliwell].—O.F. warder, to ward, keep, preserve; and robe,
a robe; both words being of G. origin. See Ward
and Robe.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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