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Per capita

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means for each person, calculated by dividing a total by the number of people
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Stage 1 of 2
per capita
Latin · ancient
"by heads"
by heads, from per (through, by) and caput (head)
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Stage 2 of 2
per capita
English · 1680s
"for each person"
adopted into English statistical and legal vocabulary for a per-person measure
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