English

helmetmaker

From helmet + maker.

A compound of helmet + maker

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Old French helmet

Middle English helmet ‘a helmet’

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 manufacturer of helmets.

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

Etymograph / helmetmaker