Etymology

shirtmaker

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Today it means: A person who makes shirts. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishshirt
  2. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  3. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  4. Old Englishmacian
  5. Middle Englishmaken
  6. Middle Englishmaker
  7. Englishmaker
  8. English todayshirtmaker

From shirt + maker.

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