Where does “Pearson” come from?

Pearson derives from the Middle English patronymic formation of Piers, from Old French Piers, ultimately from Old French Pierre.

Ancestry of “Pearson”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	piers	plural of pier
2	Old French	Piers	—
3	Latin	Petrus	Peter
4	Indonesian	penembak	—
5	Indonesian	tembak	—
6	Malay	tembak	to shoot
7	Malay	timbak	Obsolete form of tembak
8	Proto-Malayic	timbak	—
9	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	ti(m)bak	—

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