English

glovemaking

From glove + making.

A compound of glove + making

Proto-Germanic *galōfô

Proto-West Germanic *galōfō

Old English glōf ‘a glove’

Middle English glove ‘a glove or gauntlet’

English glove

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of gloves.

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

Etymograph / glovemaking