artesian
see also: Artesian
Etymology

From French puits artésien, from the former province of Artois, where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by monks in the 12th century.

The place name is from Old French Arteis, from Atrebates, a pre-Roman Gallo-Germanic tribe in northwestern Gaul, from Proto-Celtic *attrebass, from *trebā ("home, building"); see also xbm treff, Welsh tref, and Old Irish treb – all from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (same source as Old English þorp, Lithuanian troba, and Occitan trevar).

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ɑɹˈtiʒən/
  • (RP) IPA: /ɑːˈtiːʒən/
Adjective

artesian (not comparable)

  1. (of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
  2. Misspelling of artisan
Adjective
  1. Misspelling of artisan
Translations
Artesian
Etymology

See artesian.

Adjective

artesian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the former French region of Artois.
    • 1890, William Henry Hurlbert, France and the Republic:
      Even Maximilian Robespierre, who was then bestirring himself in public matters at Arras, addressed his first political publication, which he called a 'manifesto,' not to the people of Artois, but to 'the Artesian nation.'



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