English

gasmaker

From gas + maker.

A compound of gas + maker

Ancient Greek χάος ‘chasm’

Dutch gas

English gas

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 worker involved in the generation of gas.

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

Etymograph / gasmaker