English
microartist
Microartist comes from French artiste ‘artist’, 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’
- English1500–presentartist
- Englishearliest quotation 2018microartist
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’
- English1500–presentartist
- Englishearliest quotation 2018microartist
Earliest quotation: 2018, Ross Montgomery: “Last of all, if you think Mr Darrow's tiny…”
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, armor, coordination, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, ordination, ornate, arthritis, harmonic, articulate, harmonious, arithmetic, adorn, ordinate, armament, ordinator, ordinal, artisan, articulation, armadillo, aristocratic, harmonize, rime, ordain, rta, armature, ordo, archon, 73 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
through Late Latin artista
through French artiste ‘artist’
Today it means
noun A person who creates extremely tiny artworks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / microartist