haberdasher

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 264 words | Copyright

haberdasher. XIV perh. — AN. *haberdasser, *hapertasser (cf. haberdasshrie XV), presumably f. hapertas (XV), of unkn. orig. and uncert. meaning (Eng. †haberdash was used for ‘small wares’ XV–XVII); see -ER2,
So haberdashery XVI.

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