English

lensmaker

From lens + maker.

Formed from lens + maker

Latin lēns ‘lentil’

English lens

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 lenses.

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

Etymograph / lensmaker