Etymology

artistic

ar·tist·ic
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Today it means: Having or revealing creative skill. Full definition →

French artistique ← Late Latin artista ← Latin ars
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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. Frenchartistique
  8. English todayartistic

Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.