artisan
'a craftsperson, one skilled in any mechanical art, craftsman’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. artisian, artysane, artisen, artisan < Ital. artigiano < Vulgar Lat. artitianus < Lat. artitus < artire ‘to instruct in the arts’ < ars ‘art’ < ar(ə)-ti- < art < ar- < Tamil ār