Etymology

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Today it means: A worker in gems; a jeweler Full definition →

Old English ġimwyrhta
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The story

  1. Old English · calque ofġimwyrhta“jeweler”
  2. English todaygemwright

Probably a modern calque of Old English ġimwyrhta (“jeweler”), equivalent to gem + wright.

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