Where does “privatperson” come from?
privatperson (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk privat, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er.
privatperson (Norwegian Nynorsk): an individual, private person
Definitions
- an individual, private person
Ancestry of “privatperson”, step by step
privatperson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk privat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | privat | private |
| 2 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 3 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 4 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
via Norwegian Nynorsk person
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | person | a person |
| 2 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |