Etymology

matchmaking

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Today it means: An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage. Full definition →

English making ← Middle English making ← Old English macung
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*makô
  2. Proto-Germanic*gamakô
  3. Proto-Germanic*gamakjô
  4. Proto-West Germanic*gamakkjō
  5. Old Englishġemæċċa
  6. Middle Englishmacche
  7. Englishmatch
  8. Old Englishmacung
  9. Middle Englishmaking
  10. Englishmaking
  11. English todaymatchmaking

From match + making.

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