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
Ancestry of “inartfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inartful | Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue;... |
| 2 | English | artful | Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings;... |
| 3 | English | Art | — |
| 4 | Middle English | art | Second-person singular present indicative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | art | art |
| 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 |