Where does “美術” come from?
美術 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 美, from Japanese 的, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
美術 (Japanese): fine arts
Definitions
- fine arts
Ancestry of “美術”, step by step
美術 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 美
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 美 | beauty; suffix used by female given names, such... |
| 2 | Japanese | 的 | -ive, -like, -ish, -ic, -ical, -y, kind of, sort... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |