manufacturer
/ˌmænjəˈfæktʃəə/man-yuh-FAK-chur-ur
/ˌmænjəˈfæktʃɚɚ/man-yuh-FAK-chur-ur
Meaningone who manufactures
Common meaning: a company or person that makes goods
- manthe handLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1111 · scan
- factto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
- urnoun ending: result or process
- eragent ending: one who
‘the hand’ + ‘to make’ → manufacturer
Journey through time
man Latin manus, -ūs “the hand”
- Latinmanus, -ūs
fact Latin faciō, fēcī, factum “to make; to cause to happen”
- Latinfaciō, fēcī, factum
Parts join in French as manufacture.
- Frenchmanufacture
- Englishmanufacture‘to make goods in large numbers, often by machine’
- Englishformed in English from manufacturemanufacturer‘a company or person that makes goods’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from manufacture + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MANUFACTURE, p.352 · scan
Roots
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
- manus, -ūs Latin “the hand”
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