manufacture English · revision 13494

− It is [[bor|frm|manufacture]] (1511),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Medieval Latin *manūfactūra, a making by hand,^(Etymonline) from Latin manū, by hand (see [[manual]]), and factūra, a making, from facere, to make (see [[fact]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Italian manifattura and Spanish manufactura may have been the model, but the French word is generally taken as an independent formation, refashioned after Latin manū factum, made by hand.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)