Where does “internally displaced person” come from?
internally displaced person (English) comes from English Person, from Middle English persoun, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον, from Ancient Greek ὤψ — to see; eye.
internally displaced person (English): Someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country's borders
Definitions
- Someone who is forced to flee their home but who remains within their country's borders
Ancestry of “internally displaced person”, step by step
internally displaced person traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Person
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Person | An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being |
| 2 | Middle English | persoun | person |
| 3 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 5 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 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 | eye |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via English internally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | internally | In an internal manner; within or inside of... |
| 2 | English | internal | inside of something; within the body; concerned... |
| 3 | Middle English | internall | — |
| 4 | Latin | internālis | of or pertaining to the inner part of something; internal |
| 5 | Latin | internus | inward, internal; domestic, civil, internal |
| 6 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via English displaced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | displaced | simple past tense and past participle of displace |