English

glovemaker

From glove + maker.

A compound of glove + maker

Proto-Germanic *galōfô

Proto-West Germanic *galōfō

Old English glōf ‘a glove’

Middle English glove ‘a glove or gauntlet’

English glove

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 makes gloves; a glover.

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

Etymograph / glovemaker