English
nonartist
Nonartist 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 2007nonartist
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 2007nonartist
Earliest quotation: 2007, Holland Cotter, To Explore Race, Sometimes You Focus on the Explorer: “The gift-giving nature of the exchange feels nice and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, ready, rate, reason, army, article, arm, ratio, ordinary, alarm, armor, harmony, coordinate, coordination, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, arithmetic, articulate, adorn, arthritis, harmonic, ornate, ordination, armament, harmonious, ordinate, aristocratic, ordinator, artisan, articulation, armadillo, rime, ordinal, ordain, rta, ordo, armature, harmonize, orn, 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 One who is not an artist (creator of art).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / nonartist