Etymology

unartificial

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Today it means: Not artificial. Full definition →

English artificial ← Middle English artificial ← Latin artificiālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  10. Proto-Italic*artis
  11. Latinars
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Latinartifex, artificis
  14. Latinartificium
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Latinartificiālis
  18. Middle Englishartificial
  19. Englishartificial
  20. English todayunartificial

From un- + artificial.

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