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Where does “Pierre” come from?

Pierre (French) comes from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

Pierre (French): Peter

Definitions

  1. Peter

Ancestry of “Pierre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Pierre”

  • pierrot
  • Pierrot
  • Perrin
  • Pierrot
  • Perret
  • Pierre-Marie
  • Marie-Pierre
  • Pierre
  • ピエロ
  • 피에로
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