ETYM Latin personalis: cf. French personnel.
1. Concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality.
2. Particular to a given individual.
3. Of or arising from personality.
4. Intimately concerning a person's body or physical being.
5. Indicating grammatical person.
ETYM French privé, from Latin privatus. Related to Private.
1. Hidden from general view or use; SYN. secluded, secret.
2. (Followed by 'to') Informed about something secret or not generally known.
ETYM as. self, seolf, sylf; akin to os. self, OFries. self, Dutch zelf, German selb, selber, selbst, Dan. selv. Swed. sjelf, Icel. sjâlfr, Goth. silba. Related to Selvage.
1. Having a single character or quality throughout; specifically; having one color only.
2. Of the same kind (as in color, material, or pattern) as something with which it is used.