Where does “per mille” come from?
per mille (English) comes from English permille, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
per mille (English): Alternative form of permille; a part or other...
Definitions
- Alternative form of permille; a part or other...
Ancestry of “per mille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | permille | A part or other object per thousand |
| 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 |