Where does “per annum” come from?
per annum (English) comes from Late Latin per annum, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “per annum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | per annum | Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic... |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |