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Fabricate

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to construct or manufacture something, or to invent a false story
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Stage 1 of 2
faber
Latin · ancient
"a craftsman"
a craftsman, combined with facere (to make)
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Stage 2 of 2
fabricate
English · 1500s
"to construct something, or to invent a falsehood"
settled as the English word for constructing something, or inventing a falsehood
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