English

laceworker

From lace + worker.

A compound of lace + worker

Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’

Latin laqueus ‘noose’

Vulgar Latin *laceum

Old French las ‘alas’

Middle English lace

English lace

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun Synonym of lacemaker.

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

Etymograph / laceworker