Where does “per” come from?
per (Asturian) comes from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
per (Asturian): by means of, by way of, by; for; through
Definitions
- by means of, by way of, by; for; through
Ancestry of “per”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |