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Where does “Pietro” come from?

Pietro (Italian) 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.

Ancestry of “Pietro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Pietro”

  • sampietro
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