Where does “personal” come from?
Personal derives from Middle English personal, from Old French personel, from Latin personalis, formed from persono and the suffix -alis, ultimately from Latin sonus meaning sound.
personal (English): Pertaining to human beings as distinct from...
Definitions
- Pertaining to human beings as distinct from...
Ancestry of “personal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | personal | — |
| 2 | Old French | personel | personal |
| 3 | Latin | persōnālis | — |
| 4 | Latin | persōna | — |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
Words derived from “personal”