## Meanings
1. To create or produce something.
2. To cause something to happen or someone to feel a certain way.
3. To force or persuade someone to do something.
4. To earn or gain money.
5. To put something in order or arrange it neatly.

## Examples
- She decided to make a cake for her brother's birthday.
- That sad film always makes me cry.
- My parents made me clean my room before going out.
- He makes a good living as a software engineer.
- Please make your bed before you leave for school.

## Derived Forms
- demake
- foremake
- handmake
- lawmaking
- mackem
- mackly
- makable
- make-ahead
- make-and-break
- make-before-break
- make-believe
- make-debate

## Related Forms
- match

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: make
- Root: ġemaca
- Root: *gamakō
- Root: *gamakô
- Root: *maǵ-

## Etymology
From Middle English make, imake, ȝemace, from Old English ġemaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to knead, oil”). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (“an equal”). Cognate with Icelandic maki (“spouse”), Swedish make (“spouse, husband”), Danish mage (“companion, fellow, mate”). Doublet of match.

## AI Etymology
Make comes from Middle English make, imake, ȝemace, from Old English ġemaca (“a mate, an equal, companion, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *gamakô (“companion, comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to knead, oil”). Reinforced by Old Norse maki (“an equal”). Cognate with Icelandic maki (“spouse”), Swedish make (“spouse, husband”), Danish mage (“companion, fellow, mate”). In present-day English its meanings include to create or produce something, to cause something to happen or someone to feel a certain way, and to force or persuade someone to do something. The historical chain runs through make (Middle English), ġemaca (Old English), *gamakō (Proto-West Germanic), *gamakô (Proto-Germanic), and *maǵ- (Proto-Indo-European).

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- Cause, Change & Process
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