Where does โ€œparsonessโ€ come from?

parsoness (English) comes from English parson, from Middle English persoun, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persลna, from Etruscan ๐Œ˜๐Œ„๐Œ“๐Œ”๐Œ–, from Ancient Greek ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮฝ, from Ancient Greek แฝคฯˆ โ€” to see; eye.

parsoness (English): A female parson; The wife of a parson

Definitions

  1. A female parson; The wife of a parson

Ancestry of โ€œparsonessโ€, step by step

parsoness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English parson

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparsonAn Anglican cleric having full legal control of a...
2Middle Englishpersounperson
3Old Frenchpersoneperson; individual; rector of a parish; someone;...
4Medieval Latinpersonaparson, person; mask; character
5Latinpersลnamask
6Etruscan๐Œ˜๐Œ„๐Œ“๐Œ”๐Œ–a mask; a masked individual, often performing in...
7Ancient Greekฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮฝface, visage, countenance; front; mask
8Ancient Greekแฝคฯˆto the eye; in the face; eye
9Proto-Hellenicรณkสทseye
10Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚ƒรณkสทseye
11Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚ƒekสท-to see; eye

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanhโ‚‚edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European hโ‚ƒekสท- โ†’
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