Etymograph

English

swordmaker

From sword + maker.

A compound of sword + maker

Proto-Germanic *swerdą ‘sword’

Proto-West Germanic *swerd ‘sword’

Old English sweord ‘sword’

West Midland Middle English sword

English sword

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 makes swords.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “swordmaker”. 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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