Where does “forgemaster” come from?
forgemaster (English) comes from English forge, from Middle English forgen, from Anglo-Norman forger, from Old French forgier, from Latin fabricāre, from French fabriquer, from Latin fabricō, from Latin fābrica.
forgemaster (English): A craftsman skilled in forging iron or other metals
Definitions
- A craftsman skilled in forging iron or other metals
Ancestry of “forgemaster”, step by step
forgemaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English forge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | forge | Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior... |
| 2 | Middle English | forgen | To make; to build |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | forger | Alternative form of forgier |
| 4 | Old French | forgier | to forge |
| 5 | Latin | fabricāre | — |
| 6 | French | fabriquer | to make; to create; to do, a more polite than... |
| 7 | Latin | fabricō | — |
| 8 | Latin | fābrica | A smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop |
| 9 | Latin | faber | artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | faβros | craftsman |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | θaβros | — |
via English Master
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 2 | English | Mast | — |
| 3 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 4 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 6 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |