Where does “peron” come from?
peron (Romanian) comes from French perron, from French pierre, from Middle French pierre, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.
peron (Romanian): train station platform
Definitions
- train station platform
Ancestry of “peron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perron | steps (to an entranceway), perron, stoop (US) |
| 2 | French | pierre | stone |
| 3 | Middle French | pierre | stone |
| 4 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 5 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 6 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 7 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 8 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 9 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 10 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |