Etymology

Pedro

Pe·dro
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Today it means: An American trick-taking card game of the all fours family. Full definition →

Portuguese Pedro ← Latin Petrus ← Ancient Greek Πέτρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠέτρος
  2. Latin · derived fromPetrus
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromPedro
  4. English todayPedro

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.

Words from the same roots

LatinPetrus all →

peterpiers

Ancient GreekΠέτρος all →

peterPetrogradhygropetricotopetrin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.