Where does “Pedro” come from?
Pedro (English) comes from Portuguese Pedro, from Old Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.
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Ancestry of “Pedro”, step by step
Pedro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese Pedro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Pedro | Peter |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | Pedro | — |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Spanish Pedro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Pedro | Peter |