Clothier
/ˈkloʊ.ði.ər/noun
A person or business that makes or sells clothes or cloth.
Did you know?Clothier is built on the same ancient root as cloth itself, ultimately from a word meaning “to fold” or “cover,” because cloth began as something that wrapped and concealed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kleu-
“to fold, bend, or turn”
Old English
English
clāþ
“cloth, garment, covering”
Middle English
English
clothier
“a maker or seller of cloth”
Late Middle English
English
clothyere
“a person dealing in cloth”
Modern English
English
clothier
“a person or business that sells clothing or cloth”