English
make up
Make up comes from Middle English maken up.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maken up
- Englishearliest quotation 1611make up
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maken up
- Englishearliest quotation 1611make up
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Yee haue not gone vp into the gaps, neither…”
Every English word from Middle English maken up
Today it means
verb To constitute, to compose.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English maken up / make up