Where does “São Pedro” come from?

São Pedro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Pedro, from Old Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

São Pedro (Portuguese): Peter the Apostle, Saint Peter

Definitions

  1. Peter the Apostle, Saint Peter

Ancestry of “São Pedro”, step by step

São Pedro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Pedro

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

via Portuguese São

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSãoforms the titles of male saints whose names begin...
2Old Portuguesesão—
3Latinsānussound in body, healthy, whole, well
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswā-n-healthy; whole; active; vigorous
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →