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
- A unit of volume equivalent to 10 liters. Symbol:...
Ancestry of “petaliter”, step by step
petaliter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Peta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Peta | — |
| 2 | English | Peter | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P |
| 3 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 4 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 5 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 6 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 7 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 8 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 9 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via English liter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liter | Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter |