Where does “Perce” come from?

Perce derives from Old French Piers, which comes from Old French Pierre, a name whose original meaning is not established.

Ancestry of “Perce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPiers
2Old FrenchPiers
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak