Where does “coffeemaker” come from?
Coffeemaker is a compound of coffee, from Dutch koffie, Italian caffè, and Arabic qahwa, combined with maker, an agent noun formation ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mag-.
coffeemaker (English): Any of several different types of kitchen...
Definitions
- Any of several different types of kitchen...
Ancestry of “coffeemaker”, step by step
coffeemaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 2 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 4 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 5 | Emilian | mâcia | spot, stain |
| 6 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |