Where does “perzine” come from?
perzine (English) comes from English personal, from Middle English personal, from Old French personel, from Latin persōnālis, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον, from Ancient Greek ὤψ — to see; eye.
perzine (English): A personal zine, one that deals with issues...
Definitions
- A personal zine, one that deals with issues...
Ancestry of “perzine”, step by step
perzine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English personal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | personal | Pertaining to human beings as distinct from... |
| 2 | Middle English | personal | — |
| 3 | Old French | personel | personal |
| 4 | Latin | persōnālis | personal; of or belonging to a person |
| 5 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via English zine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zine | A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of... |
| 2 | English | fanzine | A magazine, normally produced by amateurs,... |
| 3 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 4 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 5 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 6 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 7 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |