English

lacemaker

From lace + maker.

A compound of lace + maker

Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’

Latin laqueus ‘noose’

Vulgar Latin *laceum

Old French las ‘alas’

Middle English lace

English lace

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 person who makes lace.

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

Etymograph / lacemaker