Where does “antipersonnel” come from?
Antipersonnel comes from English anti- and personnel, where personnel derives from French personnel, ultimately from Latin personālis and the Latin root sonus meaning sound.
antipersonnel (English): Designed to kill soldiers
Definitions
- Designed to kill soldiers
Ancestry of “antipersonnel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | personnel | Employees; office staff |
| 2 | French | personnel | personal; staff, members of staff, personnel |
| 3 | Old French | personel | personal |
| 4 | Latin | persōnālis | — |
| 5 | Latin | persōna | — |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |