Etymology Explorer β€Ί German

Where does β€œPersonifizierung” come from?

Personifizierung (German) comes from German personifizieren, from French personnifier, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan πŒ˜πŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒ– β€” to see; eye.

Personifizierung (German): personification

Definitions

  1. personification

Ancestry of β€œPersonifizierung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpersonifizierento personify
2Frenchpersonnifierto personify
3Frenchpersonneperson; no one, nobody; anyone
4Middle Frenchpersonneβ€”
5Old Frenchpersoneperson; individual; rector of a parish; someone;...
6Medieval Latinpersonaparson, person; mask; character
7Latinpersōnaβ€”
8EtruscanπŒ˜πŒ„πŒ“πŒ”πŒ–a mask; a masked individual, often performing in...
9Ancient GreekΟ€ΟΟŒΟƒΟ‰Ο€ΞΏΞ½face, visage, countenance; front; mask
10Ancient Greekὀψto the eye; in the face; eye
11Proto-HellenicΓ³kΚ·sβ€”
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókΚ·seye
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekΚ·-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekΚ·- β†’