Etymograph

English

in propria persona

In propria persona comes from Latin in propria persona.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEin propria persona
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1814same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEin propria persona
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1814same form

Earliest quotation: 1814, Jane Austen, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton: “She became a subscriber—amazed at being anything in propria…”

Every English word from Latin in propria persona

Today it means

adv By the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin in propria persona / in propria persona

Shirt and support for this word