artesanía

See also: artesania

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis

Proto-Italic *artis

Latin ars

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

Latin artīre

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Latin -ītus

Latin artītus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānus

Vulgar Latin *artītiānus

Italian *articiano

Italian artigianobor.

Spanish artesano

Spanish -ía

Spanish artesanía

From artesano (“artisan”) + -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾtesaˈnia/ [aɾ.t̪e.saˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ar‧te‧sa‧ní‧a

Noun

artesanía f (plural artesanías)

1. craft, handicraft, handcraft, craftwork, artisanry

   Compré muchas artesanías.

   I bought a lot of handicraft.

Further reading

• “artesanía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025