Where does “Marie-Pier” come from?

Marie-Pier (French) comes from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

Ancestry of “Marie-Pier”, step by step

Marie-Pier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pierre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpierrestone
2Middle Frenchpierrestone
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak

via French marie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmariefirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Old FrenchMarie
3LatinMarīaMary mother of Jesus
4Ancient GreekΜαρίαMary, Maria
5Hebrewמִרְיָם
6Aramaicמריםbitter
7Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak