smith

Meanings

Noun

• A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
• One who makes anything; wright.
• An artist.

Verb

• To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

Related

Similar words

• metalsmith

Origin

• From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī-. Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.
• From Middle English smythen, from Old English smiþian, from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.