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English word fabric comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰabʰ-, and later Proto-Italic *faβros (Craftsman.)

*dʰabʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

appropriate, good, fitting, to fashion, to fit, to pass, happen, occur, fit, to fashion, fit

*faβros (Proto-Italic)

Craftsman.

faber (Latin)

Artisan, craftsman, architect, creator, maker, artificer, forger, smith.

fabrica (Latin)

(figuratively) A crafty device, wile, trick, stratagem.. A skillful production, fabric, building, structure.. A smithy, joiner's or smith's shop, workshop.. An art, trade, pursuit, industry, craft, architecture.

fabrique (French)

Factory, plant (factory or industrial facility).

fabric (English)

(archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.. (archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make.. (archaic) structure, building. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when diagrammed.. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock. A material made of fibers, a textile [...]

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