English
thimblemaker
From thimble + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *tum- ‘to swell’
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Proto-West Germanic *þūmō ‘thumb’
Old English þūma ‘thumb’
Old English þȳmel ‘thimble, thumbstall’
Middle English thymbyll
English thimble
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 thimbles.
Sources
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