Etymograph

English

nonartistic

Nonartistic 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’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
  5. Late Latinmodernartista
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste‘artist’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique‘artistic’
  8. English1500–presentartistic
  9. Englishtodaynonartistic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
  5. Late Latinmodernartista
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste‘artist’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique‘artistic’
  8. English1500–presentartistic
  9. Englishtodaynonartistic

A compound of non- + artistic

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

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Proto-Germanic *nainaz ‘none, nought, zero’

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān ‘no, not any’

Middle English non ‘no, not any’

English non-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

…

Latin ars ‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’

Late Latin artista

French artiste ‘artist’

French artistique

English artistic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

order, ready, reason, rate, army, arm, article, ratio, ordinary, alarm, harmony, armor, coordinate, coordination, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, arthritis, ornate, adorn, ordination, articulate, arithmetic, armament, harmonious, harmonic, ordinate, ordinator, aristocratic, artisan, armadillo, ordinal, rime, ordain, articulation, rta, armature, ordo, harmonize, archon, 73 more

through Proto-Italic *artis

inertia, 18 more

through Latin ars ‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’

art, inert, artifice, 19 more

through Late Latin artista

artiste, 16 more

through French artiste ‘artist’

artist, 17 more

through English artistic

artistically, 7 more

Today it means

adj Not artistic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / nonartistic