Where does “Pierrot” come from?

Pierrot (English) comes from French Pierrot, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

Pierrot (English): A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume

Definitions

  1. A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume

Ancestry of “Pierrot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPierrotPierre, "Peter"
2Frenchpierrestone
3Middle Frenchpierrestone
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembakshooter
6Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “Pierrot”

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