Where does “artisan” come from?
Artisan comes from French artisan, derived from Medieval Latin artitianus, from Latin artitus (skilled), itself from artire (to practice a craft), ultimately from ars (art, skill), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tís to the root h₂er-.
artisan (English): A skilled manual worker who uses tools and...
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- A skilled manual worker who uses tools and...
Ancestry of “artisan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | artisan | artisan; creator; innovator; inventor |
| 2 | Italian | artigiano | artisan; craftsman, artisan |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *artītiānus | — |
| 4 | Latin | artitus | skilled |
| 5 | Latin | artire | to instruct in arts |
| 6 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |