English

leathermaker

From leather + maker.

A compound of leather + maker

Proto-Germanic *leþrą ‘leather’

Proto-West Germanic *leþr

Old English leþer ‘leather’

Middle English lether

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 manufacturer of leather.

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

Etymograph / leathermaker