Where does “perron” come from?
perron (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.
perron (French): steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US)
Definitions
- steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US)
Ancestry of “perron”, step by step
perron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pierre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pierre | stone |
| 2 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 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 Middle French perron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | perron | perron stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc |