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matchmake

verb

Etymology

From match + make, as a back-formation from matchmaking.

  1. derived from *maǵ-✻ — “to knead, oil”
  2. inherited from *gamakô✻ — “companion, comrade”
  3. inherited from *gamakō✻
  4. inherited from ġemaca — “a mate, an equal, companion, peer”
  5. inherited from make
  6. compounded as matchmake — “match + make”

Definitions

  1. To carry out matchmaking

    To carry out matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.

    • Why then Foible’s a Bawd, an Errant, Rank, Match-making Bawd.
    • And pray remember, I am the last person in the world to match-make.
    • We are a couple of old fools to be matchmaking so soon ...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for matchmake. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA