Where does “repairperson” come from?
repairperson (English) comes from English repair, from Middle English repairen, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare, from Latin patria, from Latin patrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
repairperson (English): Someone who repairs; a repairman or repairwoman
Definitions
- Someone who repairs; a repairman or repairwoman
Ancestry of “repairperson”, step by step
repairperson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English repair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | repair | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve... |
| 2 | Middle English | repairen | to return |
| 3 | Old French | repairier | to go home |
| 4 | Late Latin | repatriare | to return to one's country; return to one's... |
| 5 | Latin | patria | country; fatherland; home; nominative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | patrius | father's, fatherly, paternal; hereditary;... |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via English person
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | person | An individual; usually a human being; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | personne | Alternative form of persoun |
| 3 | Middle English | persoun | person |
| 4 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 6 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |