robe
The origin and history of robe.
Etymology
From Old French robe, originally meaning "booty" or "spoils of war" — clothing taken from a defeated enemy — from a Germanic root meaning "to strip or plunder." The same root gives us "rob."
The origin and history of robe.
From Old French robe, originally meaning "booty" or "spoils of war" — clothing taken from a defeated enemy — from a Germanic root meaning "to strip or plunder." The same root gives us "rob."