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Where does “petaliter” come from?

petaliter (English) comes from English Peta, from English Peter, from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

petaliter (English): A unit of volume equivalent to 10 liters. Symbol:...

Definitions

  1. A unit of volume equivalent to 10 liters. Symbol:...

Ancestry of “petaliter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPeta—
2EnglishPeter—
3Middle EnglishPeter—
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembak—
6Indonesiantembak—
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →