Etymograph

English

tapermaker

From taper + making.

A compound of taper + making

Old English tapor ‘taper, candle, wick of a lamp’

Middle English taper ‘taper (thin candle)’

English taper

Old English macung

Middle English making

English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of tapers.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tapermaker”. 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 / tapermaker