English

grantmaker

From grant + maker.

A compound of grant + maker

Old French granter

Anglo-Norman granter

Middle English granten

English grant

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 One who decides how to allocate grants.

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

Etymograph / grantmaker