Etymology

airtist

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Today it means: An artist who uses airbrushes. Full definition →

English artist ← French artiste ← Late Latin artista
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Latināēr
  6. Old Frenchair
  7. Middle Englishaire
  8. Englishair
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰr̥stís
  11. Proto-Germanic*bʰurstís
  12. Proto-Germanic*burstiz
  13. Frankish*bursti
  14. Vulgar Latin*brustia
  15. Old Frenchbroisse
  16. Middle Englishbrusshe
  17. Englishbrush
  18. Englishairbrush
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  21. Proto-Italic*artis
  22. Latinars
  23. Late Latinartista
  24. Frenchartiste
  25. Englishartist
  26. English todayairtist

Blend of airbrush + artist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.