manufacture的词源

英文词源

manufacture (n.)

1560s, "something made by hand," from Middle French manufacture, from Medieval Latin *manufactura (source of Italian manifattura, Spanish manufactura), from Latin manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + factura "a working," from past participle stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Manufactures.

manufacture (v.)

1680s, from manufacture (n.). Related: Manufactured; manufacturing; manufacturable.

中文词源

manufacture：生产，制造

manu-,手，-fact,制造。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：manufacture 词源，manufacture 含义。

manufacture：制造

许多英语辞书把manufacture 一词释义为“以机器制造（尤指大量）”，但若就其成分来看，manufacture真正的字面含义是“手工制作”。它源于拉丁语manu‘by hand’和factura‘a making’。另一个词factory（工厂）也是源自factura的。

manufacture：制造，加工

词根词缀： -manu-手 + -fact-做,作 + -ure