Etymograph

English

slavemaker

From slave + maker.

A compound of slave + maker

Middle English sclave

English slave

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 type of ant, a brood parasite that captures the brood of other ant species to increase the worker force of its own colony.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “slavemaker”. 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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