English
saucemaker
From sauce + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
…
Latin salsus ‘salted’
Vulgar Latin *salsa
Old French sause ‘sauce (condiment)’
Middle English sauce ‘a sauce or gravy’
English sauce
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 maker of sauces.
Sources
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Etymograph / saucemaker