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Where does “Pierre” come from?

Pierre (Middle French) 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.

Pierre (Middle French): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “Pierre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Pierre”

  • perron
  • перрон
  • pierraille
  • empierrer
  • pierre
  • perron
  • pierreux
  • Perron
  • perron
  • peron
  • peron
  • peronok
  • peron
  • peron
  • peron
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