English word feature comes from Latin facio, and later Latin factura (A making, manufacture. A thing that has been manufactured.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| facio | Latin (lat) | I appoint.. I do. I make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect. I make, produce, compose. |
| factus | Latin (lat) | |
| factura | Latin (lat) | A making, manufacture. A thing that has been manufactured. |
| faiture | Old French (fro) | Action; act. Form; characteristic(s). Method; way; manner. |
| feture | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| feature | English (en) | (intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.. (transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.. (transitive) To star, to contain. (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.. (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.. (engineering) [...] |