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Where does β€œperfix” come from?

perfix (English) comes from English Per, from English Person, from Middle English persoun, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan πŒ˜πŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒ–, from Ancient Greek Ο€ΟΟŒΟƒΟ‰Ο€ΞΏΞ½ β€” to see; eye.

perfix (English): To fix surely; to appoint

Definitions

  1. To fix surely; to appoint

Ancestry of β€œperfix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPerβ€”
2EnglishPersonβ€”
3Middle Englishpersounperson
4Old Frenchpersoneperson; individual; rector of a parish; someone;...
5Medieval Latinpersonaparson, person; mask; character
6Latinpersōnaβ€”
7EtruscanπŒ˜πŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒ–a mask; a masked individual, often performing in...
8Ancient GreekΟ€ΟΟŒΟƒΟ‰Ο€ΞΏΞ½face, visage, countenance; front; mask
9Ancient Greekὀψto the eye; in the face; eye
10Proto-HellenicΓ³kΚ·sβ€”
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókΚ·seye
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekΚ·-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekΚ·- β†’