The story
- Proto-Germanic*kippōną
- Proto-West Germanic*kippōn
- Old English*ċippian
- Old Englishċipp
- Middle Englishchippe
- Old Frenchchippe
- Middle Frenchchiffe
- Frenchchiffe
- Frenchchiffon
- Frenchchiffonnier
- English todaychiffonier
Borrowed from French chiffonnier.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.