English
fabrefaction
Fabrefaction comes from Latin fabrēfaciō ‘to make or fashion skillfully’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabrēfaciōas fabrēfacĕre‘to make or fashion skillfully’
- Englishearliest quotation 1652fabrefaction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabrēfaciōas fabrēfacĕre‘to make or fashion skillfully’
- Englishearliest quotation 1652fabrefaction
Earliest quotation: 1652, John Gaule: “O servile labour! in superstitious attendance. O toylsome labour!…”
Every English word from Latin fabrēfaciō
Today it means
noun the process or act of creating or developing, as of a work of art
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fabrēfaciō / fabrefaction