English

lacemaking

From lace + making.

A compound of lace + making

Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’

Latin laqueus ‘noose’

Vulgar Latin *laceum

Old French las ‘alas’

Middle English lace

English lace

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of lace.

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

Etymograph / lacemaking