From French, from Italian 'artigiano,' from Latin 'ars' (skill), PIE *h₂er- (to fit together) — kin to 'art,' 'artifact,' and 'aristocrat.'
A skilled worker who makes things by hand, especially one who practices a traditional craft with expertise and care.
From French 'artisan,' borrowed from Italian 'artigiano,' from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, derived from Latin 'artītus' (skilled in the arts), from 'ars' (genitive: 'artis'), meaning 'skill, craft, art.' The PIE root is *h₂er- meaning 'to fit together, to join.' The same root produced 'art,' 'artist,' 'artifact,' 'artful,'
The modern 'artisan' branding trend — artisan bread, artisan coffee, artisan cheese — has no historical precedent. For most of its life in English, 'artisan' meant simply a skilled manual worker, a term closer to 'tradesman' than to the premium connotation it carries today. The elevation happened in the late twentieth century as mass production made