Where does “artistry” come from?
Artistry comes from English artist, from French artiste, from Latin artista, from Latin ars meaning craft or skill, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-.
artistry (English): Significant artistic skill
Definitions
- Significant artistic skill
Ancestry of “artistry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | artist | A person who creates art; A person who is skilled... |
| 2 | French | artiste | artist |
| 3 | Latin | artista | — |
| 4 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “artistry”