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Where does “art martial” come from?

art martial (French) 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.

art martial (French): martial art

Definitions

  1. martial art

Ancestry of “art martial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchartart
2Italianarteart
3EnglishArt—
4Middle EnglishartSecond-person singular present indicative form of...
5Old Frenchartart
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
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