Etymology

shoemaker

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

Middle English shomaker
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shoemaker · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromshomaker
  2. English todayshoemaker

From Middle English shomaker, equivalent to shoe + maker. Compare Dutch schoenmaker, German Schuhmacher, Danish skomager.

Shoemaker · proper noun2

By proprialization from shoemaker.

Shoemaker · proper noun3

  1. German · derived fromSchumacher
  2. English todayShoemaker

By anglicisation from German Schumacher, from Schuhmacher (“shoemaker”).

Words from the same roots

GermanSchumacher all →

Schumacher

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