Where does “prayermaker” come from?

prayermaker (English) comes from English prayer, from English pray, from Middle English preien, from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Latin precor, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks.

prayermaker (English): One who offers up a prayer

Definitions

  1. One who offers up a prayer

Ancestry of “prayermaker”, step by step

prayermaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prayer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprayerA practice of communicating with one's God; An...
2EnglishprayTo direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to...
3Middle Englishpreiento pray
4Anglo-NormanpreierAlternative form of proiier
5Old Frenchproiierto pray; to pray; to beg; to implore; to beg
6LatinprecorI beseech, beg, pray, entreat; I wish well or ill...
7Latinprexprayer; request; entreaty
8Proto-Italicpreks
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpréḱs
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂

via English maker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakerSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes...
2Middle EnglishmakerGod as creator of all; Someone who makes; a...
3Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
4Old Englishmacianto make
5Emilianmâciaspot, stain
6LatinMacula
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂