Where does “artes” come from?

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

artes (Latin): second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “artes”, step by step

artes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ars

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinarsart; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power
2Proto-Italicartis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Latin arto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinartoI draw or press close together, fit; compress,...
2Latinartusnarrow, close, fitted, confined, dense; severe,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értusthat which is fit together; juncture, ordering

Words derived from “artes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →