Where does โpersonaggioโ come from?
personaggio (Italian) comes from French personnage, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persลna, from Etruscan ๐๐๐๐๐, from Ancient Greek ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟฮฝ โ to see; eye.
personaggio (Italian): figure, personality, personage; character;...
Definitions
- figure, personality, personage; character;...
Ancestry of โpersonaggioโ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | personnage | character |
| 2 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 3 | Middle French | personne | โ |
| 4 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 6 | Latin | persลna | mask |
| 7 | Etruscan | ๐๐๐๐๐ | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ฯฯฯฯฯฯฮฟฮฝ | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | แฝคฯ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | รณkสทs | eye |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | hโรณkสทs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | hโekสท- | to see; eye |