Art Definition
(archaic) Second-person singular simple present form of be.
Origin of Art
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From Middle English, from Old English eart (“(thou) art”), second-person singular present indicative of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *ar-t (“(thou) art", originally, "(thou) becamest”), second-person singular preterite indicative form of *iraną (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to lift, rise, set in motion”). Cognate with Faroese ert (“art”), Icelandic ert (“art”), Old English earon (“are”), from the same preterite-present Germanic verb. More at are.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars "art". Displaced native Middle English liste (“art”) (from Old English list).
From Wiktionary
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A representation of the pronunciation of heart by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition (IPA: [h]).
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Middle English from Old French from Latin ars art- ar- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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