English
tablemakertablemaker
From table + maker.
A compound of table + maker
Proto-Italic *taðlā ‘board’
Latin tabula ‘tablet’
Old English tabele ‘board’
Middle English table ‘the top of a table’
English table
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 tables.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tablemaker”. 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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