Where does “artifact” come from?
Artifact comes from Italian artefatto, from Latin arte (ablative of ars, meaning skill) combined with facio (to make), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- (to put or place).
artifact (English): An object made or shaped by human hand or labor;...
Definitions
- An object made or shaped by human hand or labor;...
Ancestry of “artifact”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | artefatto | artificial; adulterated; past participle of... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *artefactum | — |
Words derived from “artifact”