Etymology Explorer › Middle French

Where does “manufacture” come from?

manufacture (Middle French) comes from Italian manufactura, from Medieval Latin manufactura, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

manufacture (Middle French): creation; manufacture

Definitions

  1. creation; manufacture

Ancestry of “manufacture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmanufactura—
2Medieval Latinmanufactura—
3Latinfaciō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “manufacture”

  • manufacturing
  • manufacture
  • manufacturer
  • manufacturability
  • nonmanufacturing
  • remanufacture
  • manufacturable
  • micromanufacturing
  • nanomanufacturing
  • biomanufacturing
  • premanufacture
  • manufactural
  • nonmanufacturer
  • demanufacture
  • manufacturess
  • antimanufacturing
  • demanufacturer
  • semimanufacture
  • remanufacturer
  • manufacturage
  • biomanufacturer
  • biomanufacture
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