'yarn-making' originates from the combination of 'yarn' and 'making', where 'yarn' refers to a long continuous length of interlocked fibers and 'making' refers to the process of creating or producing something.

The term 'yarn-making' evolved from the Old English word 'gearn' for 'yarn' and the Middle English 'maken' for 'making'.

Initially, it meant 'the act of creating yarn', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.