English
atelier
Atelier comes from French atelier ‘workshop’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- ‘axis’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eḱs-‘axis’by way of Latin assularoot as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600astelier
- Frenchc. 1600–presentatelier‘workshop’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792atelier
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eḱs-‘axis’by way of Latin assularoot as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600astelier
- Frenchc. 1600–presentatelier‘workshop’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792atelier
Earliest quotation: 1792, W. Blakey, [Mr. Blakey on Pendulums]: “The Dukes de Claulne, father and ſon, had laboratories…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- ‘axis’
Today it means
noun A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- / atelier