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person
a word from vocabulary
English
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Anthony Grant
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Word form
person
LWT meaning(s)
the person
Comments on word
Possibly entered Latin as persōna via Etruscan phersu; The Latin form is a folk etymology based on per-sōnāre ‘to sound through’.
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
c. 1230 [13] (1200–1260)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Source words
persone
'person'
Middle French
prósōpon
'‘face’, by extension ‘mask’'
Greek
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
French contact [13]
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