English

gearmaker

From gear + maker.

A compound of gear + maker

Proto-Germanic *garwijaną ‘to prepare’

Old Norse gervi ‘gear, apparel’

Middle English gere ‘equipment, gear’

English gear

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 manufacturer of gears.

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

Etymograph / gearmaker