English

kitemaking

From kite + making.

A compound of kite + making

Proto-West Germanic *kūt ‘bird of prey’

Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō ‘kite (bird)’

Old English cȳta

Middle English kyte ‘a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red…’

English kite

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of kites.

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

Etymograph / kitemaking