Where does βpersonajeβ come from?
personaje (Romanian) comes from Romanian personaj, from French personnage, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persΕna, from Etruscan πππππ β to see; eye.
personaje (Romanian): plural of personaj
Definitions
- plural of personaj
Ancestry of βpersonajeβ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | personaj | character (in a story, film, etc.); persona |
| 2 | French | personnage | character |
| 3 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 4 | Middle French | personne | β |
| 5 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 7 | Latin | persΕna | mask |
| 8 | Etruscan | πππππ | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ΟΟΟΟΟΟΞΏΞ½ | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | α½€Ο | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | Γ³kΚ·s | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | hβΓ³kΚ·s | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | hβekΚ·- | to see; eye |