Etymograph

English

steakmaker

From steak + maker.

A compound of steak + maker

Old Norse steik ‘roast’

Middle English steike

English steak

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 Any of various devices for forming or cooking steak.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “steakmaker”. 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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