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Wardrobe

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a cabinet or room for storing clothes, or a person's entire collection of clothing
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Stage 1 of 2
garde-robe
Old French · medieval
"a place to guard clothing"
literally guard robe, from garder (to guard) and robe (garment)
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Stage 2 of 2
wardrobe
English · 1300s
"a cabinet or room for storing clothes"
settled as the English word for a room or cabinet for storing clothes
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