Where does “atelier” come from?
Atelier comes from Middle French astelier, meaning a workshop or craft room where artisans produced goods.
atelier (English): A workshop or studio, especially for an artist,...
Definitions
- A workshop or studio, especially for an artist,...
Ancestry of “atelier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | atelier | workshop |
| 2 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |