Etymology

artless

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Today it means: Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English art
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  3. Proto-Italic*artis
  4. Latinars
  5. Latinartem
  6. Old Frenchart
  7. Middle Englishart
  8. Englishart
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  11. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  13. English todayartless

From art + -less.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.