Basketmaker
/ˈbæskɪtˌmeɪkər/noun
A person who makes baskets.
Did you know?The word is transparently a compound of basket + maker, and its oldest roots reach back to a pre-Roman word for a woven container and an ancient Germanic verb meaning “to make” or “prepare.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mag-
“To be able, to have power; to make or prepare”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*makōną
“To make, construct, prepare”
Old English
OE
macian
“To make, build, construct”
Late Latin / Celtic substrate
Latin
bascauda
“A basket or woven container”
Middle English
English
basket
“A basket; a woven container”
Modern English
English
basketmaker
“A person who makes baskets”