Where does “Peircian” come from?
Peircian (English) comes from English Peirce, from English Piers, from Old French Piers, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.
Peircian (English): Alternative form of Peircean
Definitions
- Alternative form of Peircean
Ancestry of “Peircian”, step by step
Peircian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Peirce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Peirce | — |
| 2 | English | Piers | — |
| 3 | Old French | Piers | — |
| 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 | — |
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |