Etymograph

English

trussmaker

From truss + maker.

A compound of truss + maker

Classical Latin tortus

Vulgar Latin *torsus

Old French trousse

Middle English trusse

English truss

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 trusses (surgical appliances for hernias).

Sources

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