Frommatch +make, as a back-formation frommatchmaking.
matchmake (third-person singular simple presentmatchmakes,present participlematchmaking,simple past and past participlematchmade)
- (transitive, intransitive) Tocarry outmatchmaking: toset up adate between two people or toarrange amarriage.
1700,[William] Congreve,The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC, Act III, scene xviii,page49:Why thenFoible’s a Bawd, an Errant, Rank,Match-making Bawd.
1876, Louisa May Alcott,Rose in Bloom:We are a couple of old fools to bematchmaking so soon ...
- 2002:Alias (TV, episode 2.09)
- Not to brag, but I'm kind of responsible formatchmaking you and Irina.
- The usage of this verb is rare except in the progressive formmatchmaking.
to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage
