myEtymology.com: French etymology of personne

1. Etymology of the French word personne

the French word personne

derived from the Old French word persone

derived from the Medieval Latin word persona (mask; character; personality)

derived from the Etruscan word phersu

Dutch persoon, English person, German Person, German Persone, Icelandic persóna, Italian persona, Latin persona, Russian пepcoнa, Swedish person, Yiddish perzon

derived from the French word personne

derived from the French word précédent

derived from the Latin word praecedens

derived from the Latin word praecedere (go before, precede; surpass)

derived from the Latin word cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ked- (to yield)

using the Latin prefix prae-

derived from the Latin word prae (in front of; before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *prai-