The story
- Proto-Indo-European*wer-
- Proto-Indo-European*wor-tús
- Proto-Germanic*warduz
- Proto-Germanic*wardō
- Proto-Germanic*wardāną
- Frankish*wardēn
- Early Medieval Latinwardō
- Old Northern Frenchwarder
- Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
- Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
- Frankish*rouba
- Old Frenchrobe
- Old Northern Frenchwarderoube
- Middle Englishwarderobe
- English todaywardrobe
From Middle English warderobe, from Old Northern French warderoube, wardereube, northern variants of Old French garderobe, from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe. Subsequently influenced by various senses of garderobe as they developed in French. Doublet of garderobe. By surface analysis, ward + robe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.