NODE / 0843boundaryBeyond secure reconstruction
UNKNOWN
No securely promoted earlier parent is attached to this side branch in the person dossier.
- DATE
- before the reviewed Greek pros- component
- SENSE
- greek pros boundary
- FAMILY
- unclassified
- CANONICAL KEY
- boundary:graph:greek-pros-person-0064
The boundary prevents a component from appearing fully traced when only the headword analysis was reviewed.
01ANCESTRAL EDGES
ROOT OF THIS ROOT
*THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.No reviewed parent edge extends beyond this canonical node.
02DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES
THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP
DESCENDANTknowledge boundaryboundary
Ancient Greek · Ancient Greek · toward near prefixπρός
toward; near; at
- SOUND
- No deeper parent is promoted for pros- in this reviewed component branch.
- MEANING
- The side trail stops at the current evidence limit.
- SCHOLAR
- SET-U editorial boundary
- CONFIDENCE
- boundary — The person dossier reviewed the headword analysis, not the full independent history of Greek pros-.
03TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE
EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE
This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.
- UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
- 7
- REVIEWED EDGES
- 7
- DEEPEST PATH
- 7
- MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
- 1
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01knowledge boundaryboundary
- SOUND
- No deeper parent is promoted for pros- in this reviewed component branch.
- MEANING
- The side trail stops at the current evidence limit.
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02compound componentestablished
- SOUND
- Greek πρόσωπον contains pros- beside ōps or ōp-, eye or face.
- MEANING
- The relational prefix participates in the face or visible-surface formation.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 846 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03proposed comparisonproposed
- SOUND
- Etruscan phersu has been compared with Greek πρόσωπον, but the exact historical direction and mediation are uncertain.
- MEANING
- Masked figure, face, mask, and character provide a semantic comparison.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Marta Di Napoli2 CITATIONSEDGE 837 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04competing borrowingproposed
- SOUND
- Latin persōna is probably related to or borrowed from Etruscan phersu.
- MEANING
- An Etruscan masked figure is proposed behind the Latin mask, role, and person word.
Oxford Classical Dictionary Editors · Marta Di Napoli · Merriam-Webster Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 836 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE
STEP 05inheritanceestablished
- SOUND
- Anglo-French persone continues Latin persōna.
- MEANING
- Mask, role, character, and person senses travel through Romance.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 835 ↗ HISTORICAL STEP 061 EDGE
STEP 06borrowingestablished
- SOUND
- Middle English persone was borrowed through Anglo-French persone.
- MEANING
- The person and character noun crosses through French into English.
HISTORICAL STEP 071 EDGE
STEP 07continuationestablished
- SOUND
- Modern person continues Middle English persone with loss of final unstressed e and stabilized spelling.
- MEANING
- Role and individual reference develop into the modern person noun.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 833 ↗ “Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.
04RECORDED EVIDENCE
ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.
05EDITORIAL REUSE
WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE