-wear

From the noun wear (“clothing”).

-wear

1. Used to form nouns denoting clothing:
   1. worn by a particular sex (e.g., menswear, womenswear) or age of person (e.g., kidswear).
   2. worn on a particular part of the body (e.g., neckwear).
   3. for a particular use (e.g., daywear).
   4. made in a particular way (e.g., knitwear) or (redundantly) of a particular kind (e.g., shoewear).

• Not to be confused with -ware.

• -ware, Awre, Ware, arew, ware