Etymology of the English word artisan
the English word
artisanderived from the French word
artisanderived from the Old Italian word
artigianoderived from the Old Italian word
artederived from the Latin word
ars (skill, craft, art)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ar-derived from the Latin root
*artitianusderived from the Latin word
artitusderived from the Latin word
artire (insert tightly, wedge; be a tight fit)
derived from the Latin word
ars (skill, craft, art)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ar-derived from the Italian word
artireusing the Italian prefix
art-Date
The earliest known usage of artisan in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
