Where does “artificiality” come from?
Artificiality comes from English artificial plus the suffix -ity, derived from French -ité, Latin -itas, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -it-.
artificiality (English): The quality of being artificial or produced...
Definitions
- The quality of being artificial or produced...
Ancestry of “artificiality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | artificial | Man-made; of artifice; False, misleading;... |
| 2 | Latin | artificialis | artificial |
| 3 | Latin | artificium | art, craft, trade; skill, talent, artifice,... |
| 4 | Latin | artifex | artist, actor; craftsman, master; mastermind,... |
| 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 |