Where does “per” come from?

per (Hungarian) comes from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

per (Hungarian): action, suit, lawsuit; per; divided by

Definitions

  1. action, suit, lawsuit; per; divided by

Ancestry of “per”, step by step

per traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin per

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Hungarian perel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianperelto sue, to litigate; to quarrel
2Hungarian-élAdded to a verb to form a noun; Added to a verb...
3Hungarian-é-
4Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
5Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “per

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille