An archaic or obsolete term referring to a character, mark, or distinctive feature; a symbol or impression.
From Latin 'character' via Greek 'charakter' meaning a mark made by burning or engraving, from 'charassein' to scratch or sharpen, the same root as characin's Greek 'charax'.
This old word is the ancestor of our modern 'character'—a letter, a person's nature, or a symbol. It's fascinating that the same Greek root word for scratching gave us both pointed fish teeth and the concept of marking characters.
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