Where does “personificare” come from?
personificare (Romanian) comes from Romanian personifica, from Romanian persoană, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — to see; eye.
personificare (Romanian): personification
Definitions
- personification
Ancestry of “personificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | personifica | to personify |
| 2 | Romanian | persoană | person; individual; persona |
| 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 | mask |
| 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 | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |