It's a very common root, and you'll find it in many English words, such as:
* Factory: a place where things are made (from "facere" meaning "to make")
* Manufacture: to make something on a large scale (from "manus" meaning "hand" and "facere" meaning "to make")
* Facsimile: an exact copy (from "facere" meaning "to make" and "simile" meaning "like")
* Facile: easy to do (from "facere" meaning "to do")
* Difficult: hard to do (from "dis" meaning "not" and "facere" meaning "to do")
* Affect: to influence or change (from "ad" meaning "to" and "facere" meaning "to do")
This is just a small sample, and there are many other words that derive from "facere".