'manufactory' originates from Latin, specifically the words 'manus' and 'facere', where 'manus' meant 'hand' and 'facere' meant 'to make'.

'manufactory' changed from the Old French word 'manufactorie' and Middle English 'manufactorie', and eventually became the modern English word 'manufactory'.

Initially, it meant 'a place of making by hand', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a factory, a place where goods are made (now often by machines)'.