Where does “ars” come from?

ars (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic artis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

ars (Latin): art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power

Definitions

  1. art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power

Ancestry of “ars”, step by step

ars traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic artis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicartis—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Proto-Indo-European h₂r̥tís

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂r̥tísfitting

Words derived from “ars”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →