English

lockmaker

From lock + maker.

A compound of lock + maker

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

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 locks.

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

Etymograph / lockmaker