Meaning

verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"

verb make up something artificial or untrue

originFrom Middle English fabricaten (“to fashion, make”), from Latin fabricātus, perfect active participle of fabricor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fabrica (“a fabric, building”) + -or (verb-forming suffix); see fabric and forge. Cognate with French fabriquer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0