factura
Pronunciation
Forms
factūra f (genitive factūrae); first declension[1]
Etymology
It is from faciō “to make” with the suffix -tūra, translating Greek ⟨poiēsis⟩.[2][1][3]
Earliest recorded meaning
The OLD's earliest citation is from Pliny the Elder, of working metal.[2] Köbler dates Pliny the Elder 23/24–79 AD.[4]
Semantic evolution
It meant the working of a metal, as in Pliny the Elder, and the make or fashion of a thing, as in Gellius.[2] Lewis & Short note it is post-Augustan and very rare, and Prudentius uses it of a work, a creature.[3][5]
In Medieval Latin it meant creation, a creature, man, and make, texture.[6] British Medieval Latin used it for making, manufacture.[7] It survives in Italian fattura and Spanish hechura, and through Anglo-French feture it gave English feature in the late 14th century, “make, bodily form”.[1][8]
Timeline
- 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of metalwork.[2][4]
- c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of make.[2][4]
- late 14th century – English feature is recorded.[8]
Meanings
Noun
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d e f g Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
- ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
- ^ a b Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill
- ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
- ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com