Etymology

artistdom

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Today it means: The class or estate of artists. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English artist
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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-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  10. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  11. English todayartistdom

From artist + -dom.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.