prosopopoeia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromπροσωποποιία“dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters”
2. English todayprosopopoeia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiía, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters”). By surface analysis, prosopo- + -poeia.