Where does “artwear” come from?

artwear (English) comes from English Art, from Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, from Latin ars, from Proto-Italic artis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

artwear (English): Artworks designed to be worn as clothing

Definitions

  1. Artworks designed to be worn as clothing

Ancestry of “artwear”, step by step

artwear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Art

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishArtThe 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
2Middle EnglishartSecond-person singular present indicative form of...
3Old Frenchartart (skill; practice; method)
4Latinartemaccusative singular of ars; first-person singular...
5Latinarsart; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power
6Proto-Italicartis
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English Wear

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWearThe cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks
2Middle EnglishwerenPlural past indicative form of been; Plural...
3Old Englishwerianto wear; to defend, protect
4Proto-West Germanicwaʀjanto clothe
5Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂értisEvery word from Proto-Italic artis