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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
.