forge

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 281 words | Copyright

forge1 smithy XIV; furnace for melting metal XVII. — (O)F. :- Rom, *faurga :- L. fabrica trade, manufactured object, workshop, forge (see FABRIC).
So vb. shape, fashion (now only in a forge) XIII; fabricate, make a fraudulent imitation of XIV. Hence forger XIV, forgery XVI.

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