Etymology

unartistlike

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Today it means: Not artistlike; unartistic. Full definition →

English artistlike ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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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. Late Latinartista
  13. Frenchartiste
  14. Englishartist
  15. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  16. Proto-Germanic*līką
  17. Englishartistlike
  18. English todayunartistlike

From un- + artistlike.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.