Where does “prefabricated” come from?
Prefabricated comes from English fabricate, from Latin fabrica meaning workshop or structure, derived from Latin faber meaning craftsman, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-.
prefabricated (English): manufactured in advance, usually to a standard...
Definitions
- manufactured in advance, usually to a standard...
Ancestry of “prefabricated”, step by step
prefabricated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prefabricate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prefabricate | To manufacture in standard components that can... |
| 2 | English | pre- | Before; physically in front of; anterior;... |
| 3 | Middle English | pre- | — |
| 4 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English fabricated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fabricated | simple past tense and past participle of... |