Where does “perrier” come from?

perrier (Old French) comes from French pierrier, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

perrier (Old French): perrier (mortar)

Definitions

  1. perrier (mortar)

Ancestry of “perrier”, step by step

perrier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French pierrier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpierrierscree
2Frenchpierrestone
3Middle Frenchpierrestone
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembakshooter
6Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak

via French perrière

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperrièrea catapult or trebuchet
2Old Frenchperriereperrier
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bakEvery word from Proto-Malayic timbakEvery word from Malay timbak