English

housemaker

From house + maker.

A compound of house + maker

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

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 homemaker

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

Etymograph / housemaker