Where does “studio” come from?

studio (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian studio, from Latin studium, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd-, from Proto-Indo-European stew- — to praise, laud.

studio (Serbo-Croatian): studio (artist’s or photographer’s workshop)

Definitions

  1. studio (artist’s or photographer’s workshop)

Ancestry of “studio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstudiostudy; perusal; first-person singular present...
2Latinstudiumstudy; eagerness, zeal; desire, fancy
3Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd- →Every word from Latin studium →