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Where does “peter” come from?

Peter comes from Middle English Petre, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, derived from the Ancient Greek common noun πέτρος meaning stone or rock.

Ancestry of “peter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishPeter—
2LatinPetrusPeter
3Indonesianpenembak—
4Indonesiantembak—
5Malaytembakto shoot
6MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
7Proto-Malayictimbak—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “peter”

  • Petersburg
  • Peterson
  • Parkinson
  • Petra
  • parkinsonism
  • Petrine
  • petrel
  • parkinsonian
  • Peta
  • Parkerson
  • hemiparkinsonian
  • Petersburgian
  • hemiparkinsonism
  • nonparkinsonian
  • Petrinism
  • Petrinize
  • Parkinsonise
  • πάρκινσον
  • Peter
  • Piteur
  • Pika
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