personals

noun

a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

adjective

indicating grammatical person

intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

of or arising from personality

particular to a given individual

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

Roots

personaperson- · Latin · actor's mask

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Where does personals come from?

The word personals breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root person-, from Latin persona (“actor's mask”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.