Etymology · Ancient Greek
χαρακτήρ
2 English words descend from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ, most common first.
- characterA being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
- charakterA glyph with no agreed semantic or phonetic value, generally formed by deforming a letter of the Greek alphabet or a simple geometric symbol via one of several predefined processes, used as part of magical texts in the Hellenistic world.