Etymograph

English

studio

Studio comes from Italian studio ‘room for study’, from Latin studium ‘study, zeal’, from studeō ‘to devote oneself to’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-‘to push’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*studéh₁tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*studēōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstudeō‘to devote oneself to’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstudium‘study’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentstudio‘room for study’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2022studio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-‘to push’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*studéh₁tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*studēōreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstudeō‘to devote oneself to’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstudium‘study’
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentstudio‘room for study’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2022studio

Earliest quotation: 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry: “The studio was dark and cool, with thick cords…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ‘to push, to hit’

obtuse, pertussis, 11 more

through Latin studeō ‘to devote oneself to’

student, 2 more

through Latin studium ‘study’

study, etude, 2 more

Today it means

noun An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- / studio

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