Where does “artcraft” come from?
artcraft (English) comes from English craft, from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
artcraft (English): handicraft items
Definitions
- handicraft items
Ancestry of “artcraft”, step by step
artcraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English craft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | craft | Strength; power; might; force; Intellectual... |
| 2 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Art
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Art | The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium |
| 2 | Middle English | art | Second-person singular present indicative form of... |
| 3 | Old French | art | art (skill; practice; method) |
| 4 | Latin | artem | accusative singular of ars; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |