English
artiste
Artiste comes from French artiste ‘artist’, from Latin ars ‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
- Late Latinmodernartista
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste‘artist’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
- Late Latinmodernartista
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste‘artist’
- Englishtodaysame form
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, coordination, armor, coordinate, anarchy, ornament, subordinate, ordination, harmonic, arithmetic, adorn, harmonious, ornate, arthritis, articulate, armament, ordinator, ordinate, ordinal, aristocratic, articulation, armadillo, rime, harmonize, ordain, ordo, armature, rta, archon, orn, 76 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
Today it means
noun A public performer, especially of song or dance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / artiste