The story
- Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
- Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
- Latincharactēr
- Old Frenchcaractere
- Middle Englishcaracter
- Englishcharacter
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
- Proto-Germanic*fullaz
- Englishcharacterful
- English todaycharacterfully
From characterful + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.