artificial
Meaningmade by skill
Common meaning: made by human skill, not by nature
- artskill, craftLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 166 · scan
- ficto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
- ialadjective ending: relating to
‘skill, craft’ + ‘to make’ → artificial
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- art — Latin ars, artis “skill, craft” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- fic — Latin faciō, fēcī, factum “to make; to cause to happen” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ars ‘skill, craft’ + Latin faciō ‘to make; to cause to happen’.
Did you know (Latin facere, "make,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry faciō, p. 716 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin ars, artis,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ars, p. 166 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ars, artis Latin “skill, craft”
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
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