Where does “personifisere” come from?
personifisere (Norwegian Bokmål) 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 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — to see; eye.
personifisere (Norwegian Bokmål): to personify; to personalise or personalize
Definitions
- to personify; to personalise or personalize
Ancestry of “personifisere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | personifizieren | to personify |
| 2 | French | personnifier | to personify |
| 3 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 4 | Middle French | personne | — |
| 5 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 7 | Latin | persōna | — |
| 8 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
Words derived from “personifisere”