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Today's Word "atelier"

A workshop on

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atelier \at-l-YAY\ (noun) - A workshop; a studio.

"Philip's atelier was the headquarters of a lively little cottage industry in the creation of costume uniforms."

 

Atelier comes from French, from Old French astelier, "carpenter's shop," from astele, "splinter," from Late Latin astella, alteration of Latin astula, itself an alteration of assula, "a shaving, a chip," diminutive of assis, "board."


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