Etymology

moneymaker

mon·ey·mak·er
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Today it means: Someone or something that earns or makes money; anything lucrative or profitable. Full definition →

Middle English monymaker
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommonymaker
  2. English todaymoneymaker

From Middle English monymaker; equivalent to money + maker.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.