Where does “artworld” come from?

artworld (English) comes from English world, from Middle English world, from Old English weorold, from Proto-West Germanic weraldi, from Proto-Germanic weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic weraz, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

artworld (English): A group or network of people involved in the...

Definitions

  1. A group or network of people involved in the...

Ancestry of “artworld”, step by step

artworld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English world

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishworldHuman collective existence; existence in general;...
2Middle EnglishworldThe world, the planet; A dimension, realm, or...
3Old Englishweoroldworld
4Proto-West Germanicweraldiworld
5Proto-Germanicweraldizlifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world
6Proto-Germanicwerazman; husband
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via English art

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishartWikisource; The conscious production or...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁-