Etymology

troublemaker

troub·le·mak·er
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Today it means: One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately. Full definition →

English make ← Middle English maken ← Old English macian
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The story

  1. Englishtrouble
  2. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  4. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  5. Old Englishmacian
  6. Middle Englishmaken
  7. Englishmake
  8. English todaytroublemaker

From trouble + make + -er.

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