pessõa
See also: pessoa, Pessoa, and pessôa
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- persõa
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pessona, 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
- ſeñor […] guardame mia peſſõa
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Descendants
- Galician: persoa
- Portuguese: pessoa