Etymology

artistamp

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Today it means: A small piece of art resembling a postage stamp, usually affixed to mail along with the legitimate stamps. Full definition →

English stamp ← Middle English stampen ← Old English *stampian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  3. Proto-Italic*artis
  4. Latinars
  5. Late Latinartista
  6. Frenchartiste
  7. Englishartist
  8. Proto-Germanic*stampōną
  9. Proto-Germanic*stampijaną?
  10. Proto-West Germanic*stampijan
  11. Old Englishstempan
  12. Old English*stampian
  13. Middle Englishstampen
  14. Englishstamp
  15. English todayartistamp

Blend of artist + stamp.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.