Etymograph

English

artel

Artel comes from Russian артель ‘an artel: a worker or peasant cooperative’, from Italian artiere ‘groom’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join, put together’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-1‘to join, put together’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂r̥tís1uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEartem1‘art”, “skill’uncertain
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentarte2‘art’uncertain
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentartiere3‘groom’uncertain
  6. Russianmodernартель4‘an artel: a worker or peasant cooperative’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1996artel4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Italian arte
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian artiere
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Russian артель
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English artel
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy: “This essentially urban lifestyle, modelled on the factory artel,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-Wiktionary, Italian arte‘to join, put together’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂r̥tísWiktionary, Italian arteuncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEartemWiktionary, Italian arte‘art”, “skill’uncertain
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentarteWiktionary, Italian artiere‘art’uncertain
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentartiereWiktionary, Russian артель‘groom’uncertain
  6. RussianmodernартельWiktionary, English artel‘an artel: a worker or peasant cooperative’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1996artelWiktionary, English artel. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy: “This essentially urban lifestyle, modelled on the factory artel,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to join, put together’

order, reason, ready, rate, army, article, ratio, arm, artist, ordinary, alarm, coordination, harmony, armor, coordinate, ordination, ornament, anarchy, subordinate, arithmetic, arthritis, harmonic, aristocratic, adorn, articulate, harmonious, ornate, armament, ordinator, inert, artisan, articulation, ordinate, ordinal, armadillo, rime, ordain, harmonize, ordo, armature, 77 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís

inertia

through Latin artem ‘art”, “skill’

art

Today it means

noun A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “artel”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Italian arte, Italian artiere, Russian артель. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / artel

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