English
fabrication
Fabrication comes from Latin fabricatio ‘structure’, from fabricor ‘to build, construct, fashion, forge, shape’, and ultimately from faber ‘craftsman, smith’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaber‘craftsman, smith’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabrica‘a smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabricoras fabricō‘to build, construct, fashion, forge, shape’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabricatio‘structure’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fabrication
- Englishearliest quotation 1999same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaber‘craftsman, smith’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabrica‘a smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabricoras fabricō‘to build, construct, fashion, forge, shape’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabricatio‘structure’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fabrication
- Englishearliest quotation 1999same form
Earliest quotation: 1999, Bernard Burgoyne, The Mind: “The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to…”
Formed from fabricate + -ion
Linked words
through Latin fabrica ‘a smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop’
through Latin fabricor ‘to build, construct, fashion, forge, shape’
Today it means
noun The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin faber / fabrication