English

alemaker

From ale + maker.

A compound of ale + maker

Proto-Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Proto-West Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Old English ealu ‘beer’

Middle English ale

English ale

Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’

Middle English maken ‘to make or create’

Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’

English maker

Today it means

noun A maker of ale.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alemaker