Where does “شخصية” come from?

شخصية (Arabic) comes from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

شخصية (Arabic): personality; rank, nobility; character

Definitions

  1. personality; rank, nobility; character

Ancestry of “شخصية”, step by step

شخصية traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic ـِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Arabic شَخْص

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَخْصperson, individual

via Arabic شَخْصِيَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَخْصِيَّة
Every word from Arabic ـِيَّة