Where does “inartfully” come from?
inartfully (English) comes from English inartful, from English artful, from English Art, from Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, from Latin ars, from Proto-Italic artis — to fit, to fix, to put together.
inartfully (English): In an inartful manner
Definitions
- In an inartful manner
Ancestry of “inartfully”, step by step
inartfully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inartful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inartful | Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue;... |
| 2 | English | artful | Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings;... |
| 3 | English | Art | The 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 |
| 4 | Middle English | art | Second-person singular present indicative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | art | art (skill; practice; method) |
| 6 | Latin | artem | accusative singular of ars; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |