Etymology

arch-artist

Today it means: An artist of ultimate or superior quality; a maestro. Full definition →

English artist ← French artiste ← Late Latin artista
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  4. Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
  5. Latinarchi-
  6. Old Englisharċe-
  7. Middle Englisharch-
  8. Englisharch-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  11. Proto-Italic*artis
  12. Latinars
  13. Late Latinartista
  14. Frenchartiste
  15. Englishartist
  16. English todayarch-artist

From arch- + artist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.