Where does “manufacturer” come from?

Manufacturer derives from Middle French manufacturier, from Italian manufactura, from Latin manusfactura, combining manus meaning hand with factura meaning making or working.

manufacturer (English): A person or company that manufactures

Definitions

A person or company that manufactures

Ancestry of “manufacturer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	manufacture	The action or process of making goods...
2	Middle French	manufacture	creation; manufacture
3	Italian	manufactura	—
4	Medieval Latin	manufactura	—
5	Latin	faciō	—
6	Latin	-torium	nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7	Latin	-tōrius	—
8	Latin	-tor	-er
9	Proto-Italic	-tōr	—
10	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

Words derived from “manufacturer”

nonmanufacturer
demanufacturer
biomanufacturer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →

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