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Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4 ed.)
...artifact , artifact . Artefact is the recommended and more common spelling of the word in British English. In American English it is merely a variant of artifact , which is much the more usual spelling ( The American Indian Gallery displays artifacts such as prehistoric tools and pottery from Ohio and southwestern tribes—Article Alley website, 2005 ). Etymologically, artefact is the better form, as the word is derived from arte , ablative of Latin ars ‘art’ + factum , neuter past participle of facere ‘to make’, but artifact , perhaps formed by...
barbarian Reference library
Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4 ed.)
...By a normal process of sense-development the word came to be applied (16–17c.) to any person or group regarded as uncivilized or uncultivated. The corresponding adjective has had a matching history. It has been applied, principally, to slaves, foreign languages, foreigners, prehistoric man, etc., almost always with reference to past time. Many survived the depredation of the barbarian incursion of the late third century from which Britain was spared —G. Webster, 1991 . The noun barbarian is sometimes resurrected to refer to modern times: Ancient...
