Where does “peircean” come from?

peircean (English) comes from English Peirce, from English Piers, from Old French Piers, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

peircean (English): Of or pertaining to Charles S. Peirce, 19th-20th...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Charles S. Peirce, 19th-20th...

Ancestry of “peircean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPeirce—
2EnglishPiers—
3Old FrenchPiers—
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembakshooter
6Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →