English

funmaker

From fun + maker.

A compound of fun + maker

Middle English fonne ‘foolish, simple, silly’

English fun

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 person who does or says funny things; a person who makes people laugh.

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

Etymograph / funmaker