English

gemsetter

From gem + setter.

A compound of gem + setter

Latin gemma ‘a swelling bud’

Middle English gemme

English gem

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set, place’

Old English settan ‘to set, establish, place, make’

Middle English setten ‘to put, lay, set, place’

Middle English settere

Today it means

noun A person employed to mount gemstones in their settings.

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

Etymograph / gemsetter