Where does “maker” come from?
Maker comes from Middle English makere, formed from the verb make and the agent suffix -er, which derives from Old French -er, ultimately from Latin -arius, a suffix denoting one who performs an action related to the verbal root mag-.
maker (English): Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes...
Definitions
- Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes...
Ancestry of “maker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 2 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 3 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 4 | Emilian | mâcia | — |
| 5 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |
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