Modern person continues Middle English persone with loss of final unstressed e and stabilized spelling.
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person
individual human being
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · person rolepersone
person; character
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Role and individual reference develop into the modern person noun.
Recorded in the thirteenth century.
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supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes Middle English persone and the thirteenth-century horizon.
Person — American Heritage DictionaryHeadword etymology
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently supplies the medieval and Latin history.
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