English
per
Per comes from Latin per ‘through, during’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *per-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*per‘through’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEper‘through’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*per-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*per‘through’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEper‘through’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
Earliest quotation: 2023, Thomas Schlacher: “The Nuggets star is averaging 24.9 PPG, 11.9 RPG…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *per-
first, before, support, far, report, price, private, press, practice, further, fear, opportunity, pre, primary, prior, prime, appreciate, port, prize, afford, pregnant, ford, practical, forth, precious, praise, privilege, parade, interpretation, pirate, fare, porch, pardon, primitive, prix, ferry, pragmatic, privy, prism, proton, 156 more
through Latin per ‘through, during’
Today it means
prep For each.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *per- / per