The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρόσωπον“face”
- English todayprosopo-
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”). By surface analysis, prosop- + -o-.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρόσωπον all →
personadiprosopuspartzufprosopalgiaprosopographyprosopolepsyprosoponprosoponology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.