Where does “Peter” come from?
Peter comes from Middle English Petre, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, derived from the Ancient Greek common noun πέτρος meaning stone or rock.
Peter (English): radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P
Definitions
- radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P
Ancestry of “Peter”, step by step
Peter traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English Peter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 2 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 3 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 4 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 5 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 6 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 7 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via English saltpetre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | saltpetre | Potassium nitrate; Sodium nitrate |
| 2 | Middle English | saltpetre | — |
| 3 | Old French | salpetre | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | salpetra | — |
| 5 | Latin | sāl petrae | — |
via Middle English Petre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Petre | — |