Etymograph

English

strifemaker

From strife + maker.

A compound of strife + maker

Frankish *strīban

Old French estriver ‘to compete’

Old French estrif ‘quarrel’

Middle English strif ‘conflict’

English strife

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 person who causes strife.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “strifemaker”. 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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