English

mapmaker

From map + maker.

A compound of map + maker

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

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 person who makes maps.

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

Etymograph / mapmaker