English
theatermaker
From theater + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂- ‘to perceive, see’
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Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον ‘a place for viewing’
Latin theātrum ‘theatre’
Old French theatre
Middle English theater
English theater
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
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Sources
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