Where does “art” come from?
art (Middle English) comes from Old French art, from Latin artem, from Latin ars, from Proto-Italic artis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
art (Middle English): Second-person singular present indicative form of...
Definitions
- Second-person singular present indicative form of...
Ancestry of “art”, step by step
art traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French art
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | art | art (skill; practice; method) |
| 2 | Latin | artem | accusative singular of ars; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |