Where does “Pierre” come from?

Pierre (English) comes from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

Ancestry of “Pierre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpierrestone
2Middle Frenchpierrestone
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak—
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “Pierre”

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