C14: from French, from garder to keep + robe dress, clothing; see wardrobe
garderobe in American English
(ˈɡɑːrdˌroub)
noun
1.
a wardrobe or its contents
2.
a private room, as a bedroom
3. (in medieval architecture)
a latrine or privy
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME ‹ MF: lit., (it) keeps clothing]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dial, gallery, transit, trunk, union