Etymograph

English

spoonmaking

From spoon + making.

A compound of spoon + making

Proto-Germanic *spēnuz ‘chip, flake, shaving’

Proto-West Germanic *spānu ‘piece of wood, chip, shaving’

Old English spōn ‘sliver, chip of wood, shaving’

Middle English spoon ‘spoon, chip of wood’

English spoon

Old English macung

Middle English making

English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of spoons.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “spoonmaking”. 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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