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Where does “impersonnellement” come from?

impersonnellement (French) comes from French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from Latin persōnālis, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs — to see; eye.

impersonnellement (French): impersonally

Definitions

  1. impersonally

Ancestry of “impersonnellement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimpersonnelimpersonal; impersonal, banal, nondescript
2Latinimpersōnālis—
3Latinpersōnālis—
4Latinpersōna—
5Etruscan𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖a mask; a masked individual, often performing in...
6Ancient Greekπρόσωπονface, visage, countenance; front; mask
7Ancient Greekὤψto the eye; in the face; eye
8Proto-Hellenicókʷs—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
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