'puzzlemaker' originates from English, specifically the words 'puzzle' and 'maker', where 'puzzle' entered late 16th-century English (likely from the idea of 'posing' a question) and 'maker' comes from Old English 'macian' meaning 'to make.'

'puzzle' developed from the notion of 'posing' or presenting a problem and came to mean 'a bewildering or perplexing problem' by the 17th century; 'maker' evolved from Old English into the Modern English word 'maker', and the compound 'puzzlemaker' arose in modern English to denote someone who makes puzzles for publication or entertainment.

Initially the elements referred to 'posing' (a question or problem) and 'one who makes'; over time the compound came to mean specifically 'a person who creates puzzles for amusement, publication, or competition.'