Where does “perron” come from?
perron (Dutch) comes from German Perron, from French perron, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak.
perron (Dutch): A boarding platform on which passengers wait for...
Definitions
- A boarding platform on which passengers wait for...
Ancestry of “perron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Perron | train platform |
| 2 | French | perron | steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US) |
| 3 | French | pierre | stone |
| 4 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 5 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 6 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 7 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 8 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 9 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 10 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |