Where does “shoemaker” come from?

Shoemaker comes from Middle English scho makere, a compound of scho (shoe) and makere (maker).

shoemaker (English): A person who makes shoes; The threadfish; A fish,...

Definitions

  1. A person who makes shoes; The threadfish; A fish,...

Ancestry of “shoemaker”, step by step

shoemaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English shomaker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishshomakershoemaker
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

via German Schumacher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchumacher—
2GermanSchuhmachershoemaker; cobbler
3Middle High Germanschuochmacher—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →