Etymograph

English

rainmaking

From rain + making.

A compound of rain + making

Proto-Germanic *regną ‘rain’

Proto-West Germanic *regn ‘rain’

Old English reġn ‘rain’

Middle English reyn

English rain

Old English macung

Middle English making

English making

Today it means

noun The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rainmaking”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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