Where does “personately” come from?
personately (English) comes from English personate, from Latin persono, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.
personately (English): In a personate manner
Ancestry of “personately”, step by step
personately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English personate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | personate | To fraudulently portray another person; to... |
| 2 | Latin | persono | I sound through and through, resound, ring; I... |
| 3 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |
via English ly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ly | Abbreviation of light-year |
| 2 | Vietnamese | ly | Alternative spelling of li |