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The word "person" affords a large margin for misapprehension, as well as definition. In French the equivalent word is "personne". In Spanish, Italian, and Latin, it is "persona". The Latin verb "personare" is compounded of the prefix "per" (through) and "sonare" (to sound).
In law, Blackstone applies the word "personal" to "bodily presence", in distinction from one's appearance (in court, for example) by deputy or proxy.