English
unartistic
Unartistic 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’.
- 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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique‘artistic’
- English1500–presentartistic
- Englishearliest quotation 1942unartistic
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’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentartistique‘artistic’
- English1500–presentartistic
- Englishearliest quotation 1942unartistic
Earliest quotation: 1942, Mildred Graves Ryan, Your Clothes and Personality: “If you have never had it, and you are…”
Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ‘not, un-’
Proto-Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’
Proto-West Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’
English un-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
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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, reason, ready, rate, army, arm, article, ratio, ordinary, alarm, harmony, armor, coordinate, coordination, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, ordination, adorn, arthritis, harmonic, harmonious, ornate, arithmetic, articulate, armament, ordinate, ordinator, aristocratic, artisan, articulation, armadillo, harmonize, rime, ordinal, ordain, rta, ordo, armature, archon, 73 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘art, skill, craft, handicraft’
through Late Latin artista
through French artiste ‘artist’
through English artistic
Today it means
adj Not artistic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / unartistic