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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinartifex, artificis
- Latinartificium
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinartificiālis
- Middle Englishartificial
- English todayartificial
Inherited from Middle English artificial (“man-made”), borrowed from Old French, borrowed from Latin artificiālis, from artificium (“art; skill; talent”) + -ālis. Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ, with the earliest attestation c. 1425.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.