Etymology

anti-art

Today it means: Art that is usually exhibited and delivered in a conventional context but that makes fun of serious art or the artistic establishment or challenges the nature of art. Full definition →

English art ← Middle English art ← Old French art
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  9. Proto-Italic*artis
  10. Latinars
  11. Latinartem
  12. Old Frenchart
  13. Middle Englishart
  14. Englishart
  15. English todayanti-art

From anti- + art.

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