Etymology

facture

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Today it means: The act or manner of making or doing anything, especially of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Full definition →

French facture ← Latin factura
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfactura“a making”
  2. French · borrowed fromfacture“a making, invoice”
  3. English todayfacture

From French facture (“a making, invoice”), from Latin factura (“a making”). Doublet of feature. See fact.

Words from the same roots

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