Etymograph

English

thimblemaking

From thimble + making.

A compound of thimble + making

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 macung

Middle English making

English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of thimbles.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “thimblemaking”. 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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