The story
- Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
- Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
- Latincharactēr
- Old Frenchcaractere
- Middle Englishcaracter
- Englishcharacter
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishcharacterology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- English todaycharacterological
From characterology + -ical.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.