Warehouse
/ˈwɛər.haʊs/noun
A large building used for storing goods.
Did you know?The word is a compound of Old English roots for “where” and “house,” and it originally referred to a place for storing merchandise, not a mystical vault.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
hwǣr
“where”
Old English
OE
hūs
“house, dwelling”
Middle English
ME
warhous
“a storehouse or place for goods”
16th Century
English
warehouse
“a building for storing merchandise”
Modern English
English
warehouse
“a large building used for storing goods”