English

spurmaker

From spur + maker.

A compound of spur + maker

Proto-Indo-European *sperH- ‘to kick’

Proto-Germanic *spurô

Proto-West Germanic *spurō

Old English spora

Middle English spure

English spur

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 spurs.

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

Etymograph / spurmaker