English
stringmakerstringmaker
From string + maker.
A compound of string + maker
Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’
Proto-Germanic *strangiz
Proto-West Germanic *strangi
Old English strenġ
Middle English string
English string
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 manufacturer of string or strings.
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