Etymology

noisemaker

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Today it means: A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishnoise
  2. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  4. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  5. Old Englishmacian
  6. Middle Englishmaken
  7. Middle Englishmaker
  8. Englishmaker
  9. English todaynoisemaker

From noise + maker.

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