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Where does “drapier” come from?

drapier (Old French) comes from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Ancestry of “drapier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
2Latin-ārius—
3Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “drapier”

  • drape
  • draper
  • draping
  • linendraper
  • drapey
  • redrape
  • drapability
  • undrape
  • bedrape
  • drapelike
  • draperess
  • drapeth
  • drapest
  • trape
  • drapa
  • draper
  • drapieren
  • drape
  • draper
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