Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “personality” come from?

personality (English) comes from Middle English personalite, from Latin personalitas.

personality (English): A set of non-physical psychological and social...

Definitions

  1. A set of non-physical psychological and social...

Ancestry of “personality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpersonalite—
2Latinpersonalitas—

Words derived from “personality”

  • subpersonality
  • tripersonality
  • nonpersonality
  • personalitywise
  • multipersonality
  • personalityless
  • personalitylike
  • パーソナリティ
Every word from Latin personalitas →