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A '''persona''', in the [[word]] everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an [[actor]]. This is an Italian word that derives from the Latin for "mask" or "character", derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_language Etruscan] word "phersu", with the same [[meaning]]. Popular etymology derives the word from [[Latin]] "per" meaning "through" and "sonare" meaning "to [[sound]]", meaning something in the vein of "that through which the actor speaks", i.e. a mask (early [[Greek]] actors wore masks).

A '''persona''', in the [[word]] everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an [[actor]]. This is an Italian word that derives from the Latin for "mask" or "character", derived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_language Etruscan] word "phersu", with the same [[meaning]]. Popular etymology derives the word from [[Latin]] "per" meaning "through" and "sonare" meaning "to [[sound]]", meaning something in the vein of "that through which the actor speaks", i.e. a mask (early [[Greek]] actors wore masks).