English

glassmaker

From glass + maker.

A compound of glass + maker

Proto-Germanic *glasą ‘amber’

Proto-West Germanic *glas ‘glass’

Old English glæs

Middle English glas

English glass

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 or company that makes glass or glass items.

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

Etymograph / glassmaker