Where does “Levallois-Perret” come from?
Levallois-Perret (French) comes from French Perret, from French Pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.
Ancestry of “Levallois-Perret”, step by step
Levallois-Perret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Perret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Perret | — |
| 2 | French | Pierre | Peter |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via French Levallois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Levallois | — |