Etymology

prosopographia

pro·so·po·graph·i·a
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Today it means: The vivid description of someone's face or character. Full definition →

Ancient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπροσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  2. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπροσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ
  3. English todayprosopographia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (prosōpogrăphĭ́ā), from πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”).

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