English
gownmaker
From gown + maker.
Proto-Slavic *guna ‘coarse fur clothing’
Late Latin gunna ‘leather garment, a fur’
Old French goune
Anglo-Norman goune
Middle English gowne ‘a gown or robe’
English gown
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 dressmaker who makes gowns.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gownmaker