Where does “personeco” come from?
personeco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto eco, from Esperanto -eco, from Italian -ezza, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
personeco (Esperanto): personality, that which makes a person distinct from others
Definitions
- personality, that which makes a person distinct from others
Ancestry of “personeco”, step by step
personeco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto eco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | eco | quality, attribute |
| 2 | Esperanto | -eco | denotes qualities |
| 3 | Italian | -ezza | Added to adjectives to form abstract nouns; -ity;... |
| 4 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Esperanto persono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | persono | person |
| 2 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |