Where does “Perret” come from?

Perret comes from Old French Pierre, a name derived from the Latin petrus meaning stone.

Ancestry of “Perret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPerret—
2FrenchPierrePeter
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 →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →