Where does “rakemaker” come from?
rakemaker (English) comes from English maker, from Middle English maker, from Middle English maken, from Old English macian, from Emilian mâcia, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.
rakemaker (English): someone who makes rakes
Definitions
- someone who makes rakes
Ancestry of “rakemaker”, step by step
rakemaker 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 |
via English rake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rake | A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed... |
| 2 | English | rakehell | Immoral; dissolute; A lewd or wanton person; a... |
| 3 | English | hell | A place or situation of great suffering in life;... |
| 4 | Middle English | helle | Hell the Christian place of damnation |
| 5 | Old English | hell | hell |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hallju | the netherworld, the underworld, hell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haljō | the netherworld, the underworld, hell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |