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