English
tilemaker
From tile + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover’
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Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ ‘tile, brick’
Proto-West Germanic *tigulā ‘tile, brick’
Old English tiġele ‘tile, brick’
Middle English tile
English tile
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 Someone who makes tiles.
Sources
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