Where does “upersonlighed” come from?
upersonlighed (Danish) comes from Norwegian Bokmål upersonlig, from Danish personlig, from Danish person, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna — to see; eye.
upersonlighed (Danish): impersonality
Definitions
- impersonality
Ancestry of “upersonlighed”, step by step
upersonlighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål upersonlig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | upersonlig | impersonal |
| 2 | Danish | personlig | personal |
| 3 | Danish | person | person; character; figure |
| 4 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 5 | Middle French | personne | — |
| 6 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 8 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 9 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |