Meaning

noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

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

originFrom Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0