Meaning

noun a short newspaper article about a particular person or group

adjective concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

adjective particular to a given individual

originFrom Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

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