Where does โhoofdpersonageโ come from?
hoofdpersonage (Dutch) comes from Dutch personage, from French personnage, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persลna, from Etruscan ๐๐๐๐๐ โ to see; eye.
hoofdpersonage (Dutch): protagonist
Definitions
- protagonist
Ancestry of โhoofdpersonageโ, step by step
hoofdpersonage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch personage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | personage | Character in a work of fiction |
| 2 | French | personnage | character |
| 3 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 4 | Middle French | personne | โ |
| 5 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 7 | Latin | persลna | mask |
| 8 | Etruscan | ๐๐๐๐๐ | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟฮฝ | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | แฝคฯ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | รณkสทs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | hโรณkสทs | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | hโekสท- | to see; eye |