ラテン語のper, through, through, by virtue of, by way of, per, PIE* per, forward, forwardから。
英語の語源
per (prep.)
1580s (earlier in various Latin and French phrases), from Latin per "through, during, by means of, on account of, as in," from PIE root *per- (1) "Base of prepositions and preverbs with the basic meanings of 'forward,' 'through,' and a wide range of extended senses such as 'in front of,' 'before,' 'early,' 'first,' 'chief,' 'toward,' 'against,' 'near,' 'at,' 'around'" [Watkins]. Cognates: Sanskrit pari- "around, about, through," pura "before, formerly;" Avestan pairi- "around," paro "before;" Old Persian pariy; Hittite para- "on, forth;" Greek peri "around, about, near, beyond," paros "before," para "from beside, beyond," pro "before;" Latin pro "before, for, on behalf of, instead of," porro "forward," prae "before;" Old English fore (prep.) "before, in front of;" (adv.) "before, previously;" German vor "for;" Old Church Slavonic pra-dedu "great-grandfather;" Russian pere- "through;" Lithuanian per "through;" Old Irish air- Gothic fair-, German ver-, Old English fer-, intensive prefixes.
例文
1. He pronounced it Per -sha，the way the English do.
彼はイングランド人のように Per -shaと読んだ。
2.By 1973 the government deficit equaled thirty per cent of GNP.
1973年まで、政府の財政赤字は国民総生産の30%に相当する。
3.Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44 lbs per passenger.
私たちの多くのフライトの荷物の重量制限は乗客1人あたり44ポンドです。
4. Somalia, pop. 7.9 million, income per head about ￡1.60 a week.
ソマリア、人口790万人、1人当たりの収入は約週1.60ポンド。
5.They have been per -suaded of the merits of peace.