Where does “Parkinsonian” come from?
Parkinsonian (English) comes from English Parkinson, from English Peter, from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.
Parkinsonian (English): Alternative letter-case form of parkinsonian
Definitions
- Alternative letter-case form of parkinsonian
Ancestry of “Parkinsonian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Parkinson | — |
| 2 | English | Peter | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P |
| 3 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 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 | — |