A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

PERSE

Sun, 29 Oct '23
In itself
Sat, 14 Jan '23
Intrinsically
Mon, 9 Jan '23
Latin for "in itself"
Sun, 22 May '22
In and of itself
Sun, 1 May '22
In and of itself
Fri, 8 Apr '22
In and of itself
Sun, 11 Apr '21
In essence
Sun, 7 Feb '21
In itself: Lat.