English
ratemaker
From rate + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- ‘to think’
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Latin prō ratā parte ‘according to a fixed part’
Medieval Latin rata
Old French rate
Middle English rate
English rate
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 One who sets the rates to be charged for something.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ratemaker”. 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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