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

  1. For each, for every, per

Ancestry of “per”, step by step

per traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Petrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPetrusPeter
2Indonesianpenembakshooter
3Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
4Malaytembakto shoot
5MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
6Proto-Malayictimbak—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

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

Words derived from “per”

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