Where does “onpersoonlijk” come from?

onpersoonlijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch persoonlijk, from Middle Dutch persoonlijc.

onpersoonlijk (Dutch): impersonal

Definitions

  1. impersonal

Ancestry of “onpersoonlijk”, step by step

onpersoonlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch persoonlijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpersoonlijkpersonal
2Middle Dutchpersoonlijc—

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Middle Dutch persoonlijc →Every word from Dutch persoonlijk →