LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
prefix

per-

per-

Meaning

  1. morphemeUsed to make adjectives or verbs that are "very" something.
    magnus (“great, large”) → permagnus (“very great, very large”)
    multī (“many”) → permultī (“very many”)
  2. morphemeUsed to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Inherited from Proto-Italic *peri-. Related to per (“through”).

Descendants
  • Asturianper-

Quick answers

What does per- mean in Latin?
per-, a prefix, means “Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very" something.; Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.”.