factory
/ˈfæktəri/·팩토리·noun
a building where goods are made
LatinCEFR A2
Root
Latin 'facere' (to make, do) + -ory (place where)
Latin factorium → Medieval Latin factoria → English factory (16th c., originally 'trading post')
In a word
Latin facere = 'to make, to do'. The fac family is a vast tree branching from one verb — fact-ory (the place of making), fact-or (a maker, an element), facility (what can be done), manu-fact-ure (made by hand). Even "fact" belongs here — what was actually made, what got done. English's words for production, fact, facility, and factor all flow from one Latin root.
Examples
The factory makes electric cars.
Workers left the factory at dusk.
The factory was built in the 1980s.
Related
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