English
feathermaker
From feather + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’
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Proto-Germanic *feþrō
Proto-West Germanic *feþru
Old English feþer
Middle English fethere ‘a wing feather’
English feather
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 artificial feathers, or plumes of real ones, for use on clothing etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / feathermaker