Where does “Perez” come from?
Perez comes from Spanish -ez, which derives from Latin -ities, itself from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.
Perez (English): The father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob
Definitions
- The father of Hezron and the son of Judah; the grandson of Jacob
Ancestry of “Perez”, step by step
Perez traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish Pérez
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Pérez | — |
| 2 | Spanish | Pedro | Peter |
| 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 Hebrew פֶּרֶץ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | פֶּרֶץ | — |