Where does โspokescreatureโ come from?
spokescreature (English) comes from English spokesperson, from English Person, from Middle English persoun, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persลna, from Etruscan ๐๐๐๐๐, from Ancient Greek ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟฮฝ โ to see; eye.
spokescreature (English): A creature used as a spokesperson
Definitions
- A creature used as a spokesperson
Ancestry of โspokescreatureโ, step by step
spokescreature traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spokesperson
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spokesperson | A person who acts as the voice of a group of... |
| 2 | English | Person | An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being |
| 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 | persลna | mask |
| 7 | Etruscan | ๐๐๐๐๐ | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟฮฝ | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | แฝคฯ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | รณkสทs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | hโรณkสทs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | hโekสท- | to see; eye |
via English creature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creature | A living being; an animal; A human; A created... |
| 2 | English | create | To bring into existence |
| 3 | Middle English | createn | To make, invent, or create; To grant or bestow a... |
| 4 | Latin | creฤtus | created, having been created, made, having been made, produced, having been produced |
| 5 | Latin | creล | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | แธฑer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krฬฅ- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |