Where does “unipersonalism” come from?
unipersonalism (English) comes from English unipersonal, from English personal, from Middle English personal, from Old French personel, from Latin persōnālis, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον — to see; eye.
unipersonalism (English): Leadership by a single person; Belief in...
Definitions
- Leadership by a single person; Belief in...
Ancestry of “unipersonalism”, step by step
unipersonalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unipersonal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unipersonal | Comprising a single person; Synonym of impersonal |
| 2 | English | personal | Pertaining to human beings as distinct from... |
| 3 | Middle English | personal | — |
| 4 | Old French | personel | personal |
| 5 | Latin | persōnālis | personal; of or belonging to a person |
| 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 |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |