Army term

[nekro_nic]

Where does the army term perse come from

[Ewood27]

I'm not sure this is what you want, but 'per se' is Latin for 'through itself'. It is usually used to mean 'in, of or by itself', as in 'the pitch was wet, but that per se was not why we lost', meaning there were other reasons too. It is not a specifically Army term.