'personification' originates from the Latin word 'personificare,' where 'persona' meant 'person' and 'facere' meant 'to make.'

'personificare' transformed into the French word 'personnifier,' and eventually became the modern English word 'personification' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to make into a person,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.'