Etymology

handcrafted

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Today it means: Made by hand or using the hands, as opposed to by mass production or using machinery. Full definition →

English crafted ← Middle English hond ← Old English hand
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  3. Old Englishhand
  4. Middle Englishhond
  5. Englishhand
  6. Englishcrafted
  7. English todayhandcrafted

From hand + crafted.

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