Etymology

nonartist

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Today it means: One who is not an artist (creator of art). Full definition →

English artist ← French artiste ← Late Latin artista
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  16. Proto-Italic*artis
  17. Latinars
  18. Late Latinartista
  19. Frenchartiste
  20. Englishartist
  21. English todaynonartist

From non- + artist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.