Etymology

artist

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Today it means: A person who creates art. Full definition →

French artiste ← Late Latin artista ← Latin ars
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artist · noun, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  3. Proto-Italic*artis
  4. Latinars
  5. Late Latinartista
  6. Frenchartiste
  7. English todayartist

From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.

Artist · proper noun2

Variant of Artis.

Words from the same roots

Frenchartiste all →

artiste

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.