Where does “perron” come from?

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

perron (English): A stone block used as the base of a monument,...

Definitions

  1. A stone block used as the base of a monument,...

Ancestry of “perron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanperronblock of stone
2Middle Frenchpierrestone
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 →
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