Where does “overpersonalize” come from?
overpersonalize (English) comes from English personalize, from English personal, from Middle English personal, from Old French personel, from Latin persōnālis, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον — to see; eye.
overpersonalize (English): To attribute too much of the cause of something to personal decisions and willpower, and not enough to other factors
Definitions
- To attribute too much of the cause of something to personal decisions and willpower, and not enough to other factors
Ancestry of “overpersonalize”, step by step
overpersonalize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English personalize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | personalize | to adapt something to the needs or tastes of an... |
| 2 | English | personal | Pertaining to human beings as distinct from... |
| 3 | Middle English | personal | — |
| 4 | Old French | personel | personal |
| 5 | Latin | persōnālis | personal; of or belonging to a person |
| 6 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |