'shopkeeper' originates from Middle English, specifically the words 'shop' and 'keeper', where 'shop' meant 'a place for selling goods' and 'keeper' meant 'one who keeps or manages'.

'shopkeeper' changed from the Middle English word 'shopkepere' and eventually became the modern English word 'shopkeeper'.

Initially, it meant 'one who keeps a shop', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.