'bagmaking' originates from English, specifically the compound of 'bag' + 'making', where 'bag' meant 'a container for carrying' and 'make' (from 'making') meant 'to create or produce'.

'bag' comes from Middle English 'bagge' (from Old Norse 'baggi'), and 'make' comes from Old English 'macian' (to make). The compound 'bag' + 'making' follows the productive modern English pattern of noun + -making (as in 'peacemaking'), yielding 'bagmaking' in recent English usage.

Initially, the elements referred simply to 'bag' and 'the act of making'; together they have retained the straightforward meaning of 'the act or craft of making bags' in modern usage.