English
artistic
Artistic 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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique
- Englishearliest quotation 1855artistic
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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique
- Englishearliest quotation 1855artistic
Earliest quotation: 1855, Herbert Spencer, Æsthetic Sentiments: “To be artistic, that is, to excite the feeling…”
Equivalent to artist + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit’
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Proto-Italic *artis
Latin ars ‘art’
Late Latin artista
French artiste
English artist
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, rate, army, arm, article, ordinary, ratio, alarm, harmony, coordinate, coordination, armor, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, ordination, ornate, adorn, harmonious, harmonic, arthritis, arithmetic, ordinate, articulate, armament, ordinator, ordinal, armadillo, aristocratic, rime, harmonize, articulation, ordain, ordo, armature, rta, archon, orn, 76 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
Today it means
adj Having or revealing creative skill.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / artistic