The paper deals with etymological analysis of the lexemes "iskusstvo" and 'art' both in the Russian and English languages. The article considers the development and changes of meanings of these lexemes and compares their semantic structures on the basis of definitional analysis permitting to reveal common and different meanings. The author concludes that both lexemes have Latin origin, but the English lexeme 'art' developed broader polisemy as compared with the Russian lexeme "iskusstvo".

Art, lexeme, etymology, linguo-culture, concept, cognitive linguistics

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