English
inartistic
Inartistic comes from French artistique ‘artistic’, from Latin ars ‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’, 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‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
- Late Latinmodernartista
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste‘artist’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique‘artistic’
- English1500–presentartistic
- Englishearliest quotation 1990inartistic
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‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
- Late Latinmodernartista
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste‘artist’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique‘artistic’
- English1500–presentartistic
- Englishearliest quotation 1990inartistic
Earliest quotation: 1990, Elizabeth R. Brown, It Was A Woman Who Killed Her: “my inartistic flings at pottery”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, rate, army, arm, article, ratio, alarm, ordinary, harmony, armor, coordinate, coordination, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, adorn, arthritis, harmonic, harmonious, ornate, ordination, arithmetic, articulate, armament, aristocratic, ordinate, artisan, articulation, armadillo, harmonize, rime, ordinator, rta, ordo, armature, ordinal, archon, ordain, 73 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
through Late Latin artista
through French artiste ‘artist’
through English artistic
Today it means
adj Lacking in artistic ability.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / inartistic