Where does “per” come from?
per (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
per (Norwegian Nynorsk): For each, for every, per
Ancestry of “per”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |