Where does “Pedro” come from?

Pedro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese Pedro, 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.

Pedro (Portuguese): Peter

Definitions

  1. Peter

Ancestry of “Pedro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Pedro

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bakEvery word from Proto-Malayic timbakEvery word from Malay timbak