Etymology

nonart

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Today it means: That which is not art Full definition →

English art ← Middle English art ← Old French art
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  4. Proto-Italic*artis
  5. Latinars
  6. Latinartem
  7. Old Frenchart
  8. Middle Englishart
  9. Englishart
  10. English todaynonart

From non- + art.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.