English
artist
Artist comes from Latin ars ‘art’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars‘art’
- Late Latinmodernartista
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste
- Englishtodayartist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars‘art’
- Late Latinmodernartista
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste
- Englishtodayartist
Equivalent to art + -ist
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, rate, army, article, arm, ordinary, ratio, alarm, harmony, coordinate, coordination, armor, subordinate, ornament, anarchy, ordination, ornate, harmonic, arithmetic, articulate, adorn, harmonious, ordinate, arthritis, armament, ordinator, ordinal, aristocratic, articulation, armadillo, rime, harmonize, ordain, ordo, armature, rta, archon, orn, 76 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘art’
Today it means
noun A person who creates art.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / artist