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

  1. Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes...

Ancestry of “maker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmakerGod as creator of all; Someone who makes; a...
2Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
3Old Englishmacianto make
4Emilianmâciaspot, stain
5LatinMacula
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

Words derived from “maker

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂Every word from Latin Macula