pessõa

See also: pessoa, Pessoa, and pessôa

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

persõa

Etymology

From Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan *𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (*φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pe.ˈsõ.a/

Noun

pessõa f

person
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 55 (facsimile):
  
  ſeñor […] guardame mia peſſõa
  Lady, save my person

Descendants

Galician: persoa
Portuguese: pessoa

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