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1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂értus“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”
2. Latin · derived fromartus
3. Latin · derived fromarticulus“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”
4. Old French · derived fromarticle
5. Middle English · inherited fromarticle
6. English todayarticle

From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

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