Where does “personate” come from?
Personate comes from Latin personāre, meaning to sound through, from persōna (mask) and sonāre (to sound), ultimately from sonāre meaning to make a sound.
personate (English): To fraudulently portray another person; to...
Definitions
- To fraudulently portray another person; to...
Ancestry of “personate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | persono | I sound through and through, resound, ring; I... |
| 2 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |
Words derived from “personate”