English
floatmaker
From float + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to float, swim, fly’
Proto-Germanic *flutōną ‘to float’
Proto-West Germanic *flotōn ‘to float’
Old English flotian ‘to float’
Middle English floten ‘to float’
English float
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 builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / floatmaker