Etymology

shoemaking

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Today it means: The making of shoes. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*skōhaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skōh
  3. Old Englishsċōh
  4. Middle Englishscho
  5. Englishshoe
  6. Old Englishmacung
  7. Middle Englishmaking
  8. Englishmaking
  9. English todayshoemaking

From shoe + making.

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