Etymology

artistess

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Today it means: A female artist. Full definition →

English artist ← French artiste ← Late Latin artista
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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. English todayartistess

From artist + -ess.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.