Etymology

milliner

mil·lin·er
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Today it means: A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan. Full definition →

Middle English Milener
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromMilener
  2. English todaymilliner

The noun is a variant of Milaner (“(obsolete) inhabitant or native of Milan”) (referring to the importation and sale of women’s apparel, etc., made in Milan: see noun sense 1), from Late Middle English Milener, Miloner (“native of Milan”), from Milan + -er(e) (suffix denoting an inhabitant or resident). The verb is derived from the noun.

Words from the same roots

Middle EnglishMilener all →

Milaner

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