manufacture (n.) Look up manufacture at Dictionary.com
1560s, "something made by hand," from M.Fr. manufacture, from M.L. *manufactura, from L. manu, abl. of manus "hand" (see manual) + factura "a working," from pp. stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded c.1600. The verb is attested from 1680s. Related: Manufactured; manufactures; manufacturing.