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Artifact

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means an object made by a human, especially one of historical or cultural interest
1
Stage 1 of 2
ars
Latin · ancient
"skill, art"
skill, art, combined with factum (a thing made)
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Stage 2 of 2
artifact
English · 1821
"an object made or shaped by human skill"
settled as the English word for an object made with human skill
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