English
sweatermaker
From sweater + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- ‘to sweat’
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Proto-West Germanic *swaitijan ‘to sweat’
Old English swǣtan ‘to sweat’
Middle English swēten ‘to sweat’
Middle English swētere ‘one who sweats’
English sweater
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 Someone who makes sweaters.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sweatermaker”. 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.
Etymograph / sweatermaker