Where does “petropolitano” come from?

petropolitano (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Petrópolis, 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.

Ancestry of “petropolitano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePetrópolis
2LatinPetrusPeter
3Indonesianpenembakshooter
4Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
5Malaytembakto shoot
6MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
7Proto-Malayictimbak
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bakEvery word from Proto-Malayic timbakEvery word from Malay timbak
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