Etymology

art nouveau

Today it means: A decorative style of art and architecture that especially used the sinuous and flowing lines of plants. Full definition →

French art nouveau
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · borrowed fromart nouveau
  2. English todayArt Nouveau

Unadapted borrowing from French art nouveau (literally “new art”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.