English
spoonmaker
From spoon + maker.
Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ‘chip, flake, shaving’
Proto-West Germanic *spānu ‘piece of wood, chip, shaving’
Old English spōn ‘sliver, chip of wood, shaving’
Middle English spoon ‘spoon, chip of wood’
English spoon
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 spoons.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spoonmaker