'storekeeper' originates from the combination of 'store' and 'keeper', where 'store' meant 'a place where goods are kept for sale' and 'keeper' meant 'one who keeps or manages'.

'storekeeper' evolved from the Middle English word 'storkepere', which was a combination of 'store' and 'kepere'.

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