The story
- Latin · derived fromartītus“skilled”
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*artītiānus
- Middle French · borrowed fromartisan
- English todayartisan
Borrowed from Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.