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Where does “petar” come from?

petar (Catalan) comes from Catalan pet, from Latin peditum, from Latin pedō, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

petar (Catalan): to explode; to crash; to fart

Definitions

  1. to explode; to crash; to fart

Ancestry of “petar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpetfart
2Latinpeditumfart; genitive masculine plural of pedes;...
3Latinpedō—
4Latinpēs—
5Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
6Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “petar”

  • petar
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