personal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

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

   a personal favor

2. 2
   adj

   intimately concerning a person's body or physical being

   personal hygiene

3. 3
   adj

   indicating grammatical person

   personal verb endings

4. 4
   adj

   of or arising from personality

   personal magnetism

5. 5
   adj

   Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

   personal values; personal desire

6. 6
   adj

   Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

   personal reasons

7. 7
   adj

   Intended for sexual use.

   personal lubricant; personal massager

8. 8
   adj

   Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.

   personal charms

Etymology

From 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.