Where does “fizionomist” come from?
fizionomist (Romanian) comes from French physionomiste, from French physionomie, from Late Latin physiognomia, from Ancient Greek φυσιογνωμία, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
fizionomist (Romanian): physiognomist
Definitions
- physiognomist
Ancestry of “fizionomist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | physionomiste | Someone with a good memory for faces; A bouncer |
| 2 | French | physionomie | face, physiognomy; facial expression,... |
| 3 | Late Latin | physiognomia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυσιογνωμία | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |