Where does “impessoalidade” come from?
impessoalidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese impessoal, from Latin impersōnālis, from Latin persōnālis, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs — to see; eye.
impessoalidade (Portuguese): impersonality
Definitions
- impersonality
Ancestry of “impessoalidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | impessoal | impersonal |
| 2 | Latin | impersōnālis | impersonal |
| 3 | Latin | persōnālis | personal; of or belonging to a person |
| 4 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |