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A fun look at the meaning of the German words "die Art" and "die Kunst" and why only the second one actually means art.
Vocab:
die Art, die Tonart, die Tierart, artgerecht, artig, eigenartig, die Kunst, künstlich, der Künstler
Word Family
Root: *ar(ə)-
The core idea of this root was:
fitting together
It’s the origin of a quite wide array of words that all in some way are about connecting parts or making parts fit.
Here’s a little (incomplete) overview:
- arm (bones joined together into a whole)
- arthritis (“related to joints”)
- arm (tool fitted together, then “weapon”)
- armor (again, stuff fitted together)
- alarm (originally: “to the weapons”)
- art, artificial, artist, artifact (“stuff fitted together”)
- article (“part of a whole”)
- articulate (“to say clearly, as separate parts”)
- order (“fitted together”)
- ordinary (originally “according to order”)
- subordinate (“ordered below”)
- harmony (“fitting tones”)
ArmeeÄrmelAss im Ärmelkurzärmlichlangärmligsich etwas aus dem Ärmel schüttelnjemanden auf den Arm nehmenjemanden in den Arm nehmenOberarmSeitenarmumarmenUmarmungUnterarm
abartigArtenschutzArtensterbenartgerecht-artiggroßartigartigArtistausartendie Art und WeiseeigenartigMundartnach Art des HausesTierartTonartUnart
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