Where does “peron” come from?
peron (Indonesian) comes from Dutch perron, from German Perron, from French perron, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak.
peron (Indonesian): platform
Definitions
- platform
Ancestry of “peron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | perron | A boarding platform on which passengers wait for... |
| 2 | German | Perron | train platform |
| 3 | French | perron | steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US) |
| 4 | French | pierre | stone |
| 5 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 6 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 7 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 8 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 9 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 10 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 11 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 12 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |