Where does “перо́н” come from?
перо́н (Bulgarian) comes from French perron, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.
перо́н (Bulgarian): bus platform, train platform
Definitions
- bus platform, train platform
Ancestry of “перо́н”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perron | steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US) |
| 2 | French | pierre | stone |
| 3 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 4 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 5 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 6 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 7 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 8 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 9 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |