Clothes
/kloʊðz/noun
Items worn to cover the body.
Did you know?English clothes comes from the same Old English root as cloth and clothe, all tied to the idea of a covering or wrapping, not a magical or occult source.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gel-
“to cover, conceal”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kluthą
“cloth, covering”
Old English
OE
clāþ
“cloth, garment”
Middle English
ME
clothes
“garments, wearing apparel”
Modern English
English
clothes
“items worn to cover the body”