Where does “lar” come from?
lar (Mauritian Creole) 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.
lar (Mauritian Creole): art, skill, talent
Definitions
- art, skill, talent
Ancestry of “lar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | art | art |
| 2 | Italian | arte | art |
| 3 | English | Art | The 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 |
| 4 | Middle English | art | Second-person singular present indicative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | art | art (skill; practice; method) |
| 6 | Latin | artem | accusative singular of ars; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |