Etymology Explorer β€Ί Dutch

Where does β€œhoofdpersonage” 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 persōna, from Etruscan πŒ˜πŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒ– β€” to see; eye.

hoofdpersonage (Dutch): protagonist

Definitions

  1. protagonist

Ancestry of β€œhoofdpersonage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchpersonageCharacter in a work of fiction
2Frenchpersonnagecharacter
3Frenchpersonneperson; no one, nobody; anyone
4Middle Frenchpersonneβ€”
5Old Frenchpersoneperson; individual; rector of a parish; someone;...
6Medieval Latinpersonaparson, person; mask; character
7Latinpersōnaβ€”
8EtruscanπŒ˜πŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒ–a mask; a masked individual, often performing in...
9Ancient GreekΟ€ΟΟŒΟƒΟ‰Ο€ΞΏΞ½face, visage, countenance; front; mask
10Ancient Greekὀψto the eye; in the face; eye
11Proto-HellenicΓ³kΚ·sβ€”
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókΚ·seye
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekΚ·-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekΚ·- β†’