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

pierre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Petrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPetrusPeter
2Indonesianpenembakshooter
3Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
4Malaytembakto shoot
5MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
6Proto-Malayictimbak—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via Old French Pierre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchPierrestone substance
2Latinpetrastone, rock
3Ancient Greekπέτραrock formation: cliff, ledge, cave, ridge; stone

Words derived from “pierre”

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