Perse.
Persian person
Meaning & usage
Persian person
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)bor. Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor. Latin Persalbor. Middle French Perse French Perse Inherited from Middle French Perse, from Latin Persēs/Persa, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Persia
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)bor. Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor. Latin Persēs/Persa Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Persiabor. Middle French Perse French Perse Inherited from Middle French Perse, from Latin Persia, from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/). By surface analysis, Perse (“Persian”) + -ie. The Latin suffix -ia was muted in French because it was unstressed, in this term as in Grèce (from Latin Graecia) or France (from Latin Francia). Compare the learned doublet Persie.
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