Where does “prozopopee” come from?
prozopopee (Romanian) comes from French prosopopée, from English prosopopoeia, from Ancient Greek προσωποποιία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
prozopopee (Romanian): prosopopoeia
Definitions
- prosopopoeia
Ancestry of “prozopopee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prosopopée | prosopopoeia |
| 2 | English | prosopopoeia | Personifying a person or object when... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | προσωποποιία | dramatization, the putting of speeches into the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |