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artisan — artisanal, adj. artisanship, n. /ahr teuh zeuhn/, n. a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson. [1530 40; < F < It artigiano, equiv. to L artit(us) trained in arts and crafts (ptp. of artire; see ART1, ITE2) + It iano ( < L ianus) IAN]… … Universalium
art — [13] Like arm, arthritis, and article, art goes back to an Indo European root *ar , which meant ‘put things together, join’. Putting things together implies some skill: hence Latin ars ‘skill’. Its stem art produced Old French art, the source of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
artisan — {{11}}artisan (adj.) 1859, from ARTISAN (Cf. artisan) (n.). {{12}}artisan (n.) 1530s, from It. artesano, from V.L. artitianus, from L. artitus, pp. of artire to instruct in the arts, from ars (gen. artis) art (see ART (Cf. art) (n.)). Barnhart… … Etymology dictionary
artisan — [ˌα:tɪ zan, α:tɪzan] noun a skilled worker who makes things by hand. Derivatives artisanal adjective Origin C16: from Fr., from Ital. artigiano, based on L. artire instruct in the arts … English new terms dictionary
artisan — ► NOUN ▪ a skilled worker who makes things by hand. DERIVATIVES artisanal adjective. ORIGIN French, from Latin artire instruct in the arts … English terms dictionary
artisanal — artisan ► NOUN ▪ a skilled worker who makes things by hand. DERIVATIVES artisanal adjective. ORIGIN French, from Latin artire instruct in the arts … English terms dictionary
art — [13] Like arm, arthritis, and article, art goes back to an Indo European root *ar , which meant ‘put things together, join’. Putting things together implies some skill: hence Latin ars ‘skill’. Its stem art produced Old French art, the source of… … Word origins
artisan — n. 1 a skilled (esp. manual) worker. 2 a mechanic. Etymology: F f. It. artigiano, ult. f. L artitus past part. of artire instruct in the arts … Useful english dictionary
artique — artique, artire obs. f. Arctic, artery … Useful english dictionary
