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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

per- en · X · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- Borrowed from Latin per and per-.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, morpheme) In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in perforate.
  2. (idiomatic, morpheme) In verbs: denoting the sense "thoroughly", as in perfect.
  3. (idiomatic, morpheme) In verbs: denoting the sense "to destruction", as in pervert.
  4. (idiomatic, morpheme) In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "extremely", as in perfervid.
  5. (morpheme) Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of one element in a compound, as in peroxide.
  6. (morpheme) Added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion to denote the number of atoms of that element (usually four).

Relateds

perfervid (extremely) · pellucid (extremely)

Synonyms

dia- (through) · para- (through) · para- (thoroughly) · trans- (through)

per- en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Old French parbor. Middle English per- English per- Inherited from Middle English per-.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, morpheme) Denoting the sense "by" or "per", as in perchance or perhaps.