Etymograph

English

paleoartist

Paleoartist 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’.

  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. English1500–presentartist
  8. Englishtodaypaleoartist

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. English1500–presentartist
  8. Englishtodaypaleoartist

A compound of paleo- + artist

Ancient Greek πάλαι ‘long ago’

Ancient Greek παλαιός ‘old’

English paleo-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit’

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Proto-Italic *artis

Latin ars ‘art’

Late Latin artista

French artiste

English artist

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, harmony, alarm, coordinate, armor, coordination, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, ordination, ornate, harmonic, articulate, arithmetic, arthritis, harmonious, adorn, ordinate, armament, ordinator, aristocratic, articulation, artisan, armadillo, harmonize, ordinal, rime, ordain, rta, armature, ordo, 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

artistically, 16 more

through French artiste ‘artist’

artistic, artiste, 17 more

Today it means

noun An artist who produces paleoart.

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

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