Where does “toolsetter” come from?

toolsetter (English) comes from English tool, from Middle English tool, from Old English tōl, from Proto-Germanic tōlą, from Proto-Indo-European dewh₂- — to fit.

toolsetter (English): A device that fits a tool onto a machine

Definitions

  1. A device that fits a tool onto a machine

Ancestry of “toolsetter”, step by step

toolsetter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoolA mechanical device intended to make a task...
2Middle EnglishtoolA tool, implement, or instrument; A instrument of...
3Old Englishtōltool, implement, instrument
4Proto-Germanictōlątool
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewh₂-to fit

via English setter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsetterOne who sets something, especially a typesetter;...
2Middle Englishsettere—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewh₂- →