English

keymaker

Keymaker comes from Middle English kay maker.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from key + maker

Proto-West Germanic *kaiju

Old English cǣġ ‘key’

Middle English keye ‘a key’

English key

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

Every English word from Middle English kay maker

noun One who makes keys.

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