Etymology

preartistic

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Today it means: Before the development of art. Full definition →

English artistic ← French artistique ← Late Latin artista
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  11. Proto-Italic*artis
  12. Latinars
  13. Late Latinartista
  14. Frenchartiste
  15. Frenchartistique
  16. Englishartistic
  17. English todaypreartistic

From pre- + artistic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.