Where does “forgery” come from?
Forgery comes from Old French forgerie, derived from Old French forger, from Latin fabrico meaning to construct or fabricate, ultimately from Latin faber meaning artisan or smith.
forgery (English): The act of forging metal into shape; The act of...
Definitions
- The act of forging metal into shape; The act of...
Ancestry of “forgery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | forge | Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior... |
| 2 | Middle English | forgen | To make; to build |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | forger | Alternative form of forgier |
| 4 | Old French | forgier | to forge |
| 5 | Latin | fabricāre | — |
| 6 | French | fabriquer | to make; to create; to do, a more polite than... |
| 7 | Latin | fabricō | — |
| 8 | Latin | fābrica | A smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop |
| 9 | Latin | faber | artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | faβros | craftsman |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | θaβros | — |