Where does “fabric” come from?
Fabric comes from French fabrique, from Latin fabrica, from Latin faber meaning craftsman, from Proto-Italic faβros, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₂ebʰ-.
fabric (English): An edifice or building; The act of constructing,...
Definitions
- An edifice or building; The act of constructing,...
Ancestry of “fabric”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | fabriqué | past participle of fabriquer |
| 2 | Latin | fābrica | — |
| 3 | Latin | faber | artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | faβros | craftsman |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | θaβros | — |
Words derived from “fabric”