English
artiste
Artiste comes from French artiste ‘artist’, from Latin ars ‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-1‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értis1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artis1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEars1‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
- Late Latinmodernartista1
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartiste1‘artist’
- Englishtodayartiste1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English artiste
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-Wiktionary, English artiste‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂értisWiktionary, English artistereconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*artisWiktionary, English artistereconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarsWiktionary, English artiste‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
- Late LatinmodernartistaWiktionary, English artiste
- Frenchc. 1600–presentartisteWiktionary, English artiste‘artist’
- EnglishtodayartisteWiktionary, English artiste
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’
order, reason, ready, rate, army, article, arm, ordinary, ratio, alarm, harmony, coordination, armor, coordinate, anarchy, ornament, subordinate, ordination, harmonic, arithmetic, adorn, harmonious, ornate, arthritis, articulate, armament, ordinator, ordinate, ordinal, aristocratic, articulation, armadillo, rime, harmonize, ordain, ordo, armature, rta, archon, orn, 75 more
through Proto-Italic *artis
through Latin ars ‘cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem’
Today it means
noun A public performer, especially of song or dance.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “artiste”. 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- / artiste