Where does “draper” come from?

draper (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French drapier, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

draper (Anglo-Norman): to drape; to full cloth; to drape", "also", "to...

Definitions

  1. to drape; to full cloth; to drape", "also", "to...

Ancestry of “draper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdrapier—
2Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old French -ier →