Where does “shopkeeper” come from?

Shopkeeper derives from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

shopkeeper (English): A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail,...

Definitions

  1. A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail,...

Ancestry of “shopkeeper”, step by step

shopkeeper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
2Middle Englishshoppe—
3Old Englishsċeoppa—
4Proto-Germanicskupp-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

via English keeper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkeeperOne who keeps something; A person or thing worth...
2Middle Englishkepere—

Words derived from “shopkeeper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →