English
songmakersongmaker
From song + maker.
Formed from song + maker
Proto-Germanic *sangwaz ‘singing, song’
Proto-West Germanic *sangu ‘singing’
Old English sang
Middle English song ‘song’
English song
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 creates songs.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “songmaker”. 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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