Where does “artistic” come from?
artistic (Romanian) comes from French artistique, from French artiste, from Latin artista, from Latin ars, from Proto-Italic artis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
artistic (Romanian): artistic
Ancestry of “artistic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | artistique | artistic |
| 2 | French | artiste | artist |
| 3 | Latin | artista | — |
| 4 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |