Where does “arto” come from?
arto (Esperanto) comes from French art, from Italian arte, 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.
arto (Esperanto): art
Ancestry of “arto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | art | art |
| 2 | Italian | arte | art |
| 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 |
Words derived from “arto”