Where does “factory” come from?
Factory derives from Middle French factorie, from Medieval Latin factoria, from Latin factor (one who does or makes), from Latin facio (to do or make), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to put or place).
factory (English): A trading establishment, especially set up by...
Definitions
- A trading establishment, especially set up by...
Ancestry of “factory”, step by step
factory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English factor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | factor | A doer, maker; a person who does things for... |
| 2 | Middle French | facteur | — |
| 3 | Latin | factor | One who or which does or makes something; doer,... |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |