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fabricate (v.)[fabricate 词源字典]: mid-15c., "to fashion, make, build," from Latin fabricatus, past participle of fabricare "to make, construct, fashion, build," from fabrica (see fabric). In bad sense of "tell a lie (etc.)," it is recorded by 1779. Related: Fabricated; fabricating.[fabricate etymology, fabricate origin, 英语词源]
horticulture (n.): 1670s, "cultivation of a garden," fabricated from Latin hortus "garden" (see yard (n.1)) + cultura (see culture); probably on model of agriculture. Famously punned upon by Dorothy Parker.
prefab (adj.): 1937, short for prefabricated (see prefabricate). As a noun, "prefabricated housing," from 1942.
prefabricate (v.): 1919 (implied in prefabricated), from pre- + fabricate (v.). Related: Prefabricating.