Etymology

bootmaker

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Today it means: A maker of boots; a cobbler. Full definition →

English maker ← Middle English maker ← Old English macian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  3. Frankish*bautander.?
  4. Old Frenchbote
  5. Middle Englishbote
  6. Englishboot
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  8. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  9. Old Englishmacian
  10. Middle Englishmaken
  11. Middle Englishmaker
  12. Englishmaker
  13. English todaybootmaker

From boot + maker.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.