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Where does “Perron” come from?

Perron (German) comes from French perron, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

Perron (German): train platform

Definitions

  1. train platform

Ancestry of “Perron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperronsteps , perron
2Frenchpierrestone
3Middle Frenchpierrestone
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembak—
6Indonesiantembak—
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

Words derived from “Perron”

  • perron
  • peron
  • peronok
  • peron
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