Where does βpersonnageβ come from?
personnage (French) comes from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persΕna, from Etruscan πππππ, from Ancient Greek ΟΟΟΟΟΟΞΏΞ½, from Ancient Greek α½€Ο β to see; eye.
personnage (French): character
Ancestry of βpersonnageβ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 2 | Middle French | personne | β |
| 3 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 5 | Latin | persΕna | β |
| 6 | Etruscan | πππππ | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ΟΟΟΟΟΟΞΏΞ½ | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | α½€Ο | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | Γ³kΚ·s | β |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | hβΓ³kΚ·s | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | hβekΚ·- | to see; eye |
Words derived from βpersonnageβ