Etymology

chairdrobe

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Today it means: A chair on which someone stores clothing that has been worn but which is not yet too dirty to wear again. Full definition →

English wardrobe ← Middle English warderobe ← Old Northern French warderoube
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
  17. Proto-Germanic*warduz
  18. Proto-Germanic*wardō
  19. Proto-Germanic*wardāną
  20. Frankish*wardēn
  21. Early Medieval Latinwardō
  22. Old Northern Frenchwarder
  23. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  24. Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
  25. Frankish*rouba
  26. Old Frenchrobe
  27. Old Northern Frenchwarderoube
  28. Middle Englishwarderobe
  29. Englishwardrobe
  30. English todaychairdrobe

Blend of chair + wardrobe.

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