English
linemaker
From line + maker.
Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’
Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’
Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’
Old English līne ‘line’
Middle English line ‘rope’
English line
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 An employee of a gambling establishment who sets the line, or spread.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / linemaker