The story
- Latin · learned borrowing fromantīquārius“pertaining to antiquity, one fond of or employed in antiquities”
- English todayantiquary
From Latin antīquārius (“pertaining to antiquity, one fond of or employed in antiquities”), from antīquus (“ancient”) + -ārius; equivalent to antique + -ary.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.