petro
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A rustic, a country bumpkin, yokel, hayseed, hick
- An old wether a ram whose flesh is as hard as stone
Etymology
Affix from Latin petra (stone, rock).
Origin
Latin
petra
Gloss
stone, rock
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
🗿 🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- petra English
- petrifact English
- petro- English
- *petricus Latin
- lampreda Latin
- petra Latin
- petroleum Latin
- petrosus Latin
- πέτρα Latin
- pietra Italian
- petro- Dutch, Flemish
- piedra Spanish, Castilian
- πέτρα Ancient Greek
- pedreiro Portuguese
- pierre Old French
- pedra Catalan, Valencian
- piatră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pedra Old Portuguese
- cheatrã Aromanian
- chiatrã Aromanian
- pèira Occitan
- piedra Asturian
- piere Friulian
- piedra Old Spanish
- petra Sicilian
- pitra Dalmatian
- pedra Sardinian
- preda Sardinian
- preta Neapolitan
- pera Istriot
- piedra Mirandese