Etymology

artifice

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Today it means: Crafty deception. Full definition →

Middle French artifice ← Latin artificium
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  1. Latin · derived fromartificium
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromartifice
  3. English todayartifice

From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.