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

Definitions

  1. art

Ancestry of “arto”, step by step

arto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French art

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchartart
2Italianarteart
3EnglishArtThe 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
4Middle EnglishartSecond-person singular present indicative form of...
5Old Frenchartart (skill; practice; method)
6Latinartemaccusative singular of ars; first-person singular...
7Latinarsart; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power
8Proto-Italicartis
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Spanish arte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanisharteart; skill

Words derived from “arto

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂értisEvery word from Proto-Italic artis