English
make-ready
From make + ready.
Proto-Germanic *makaz ‘fit, suitable, agreeable’
Proto-West Germanic *mak ‘fit, suitable’
Proto-West Germanic *makōn ‘to make suitable; to build, make’
Old English macian ‘to make, build, work’
Middle English maken
English make
Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁dʰ-
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Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz
Old English ġerǣde ‘prepared, prompt, ready’
Middle English ired ‘ready, prepared’
Middle English redy
English ready
Today it means
noun A sheet of paper on which overlays are pasted for printing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / make-ready