Where does “per” come from?

per (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

per (Norwegian Bokmål): For each, for every, per

Definitions

For each, for every, per

Ancestry of “per”, step by step

per traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Petrus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	Petrus	Peter
2	Indonesian	penembak	shooter
3	Indonesian	tembak	to shoot to fire a shot
4	Malay	tembak	to shoot
5	Malay	timbak	Obsolete form of tembak
6	Proto-Malayic	timbak	—
7	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	ti(m)bak	—

via Latin per

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	per	through, by means of; throughout, during
2	Latin	Ad	toward, to
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	that

Words derived from “per”

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Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →