Where does “per se” come from?
per se (English) comes from Latin per se, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
per se (English): In and of itself; by itself; without...
Definitions
- In and of itself; by itself; without...
Ancestry of “per se”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | per se | by itself |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 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 | — |