Etymograph

English

petra

Petra comes from Latin petra ‘rock’, and goes back to Ancient Greek πέτρα.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέτρα‘rock’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpetra‘rock’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1882same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέτρα‘rock’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpetra‘rock’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1882same form

Earliest quotation: 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: “Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to go through, fare’

first, before, support, far, report, further, price, private, press, per, fear, opportunity, pre, primary, prior, practice, prime, appreciate, port, prize, afford, pregnant, ford, forth, precious, practical, privilege, par, interpretation, praise, ferry, fare, parade, porch, pardon, primitive, prix, pirate, privy, prism, 157 more

through Latin petra ‘rock’

piedra, 8 more

Today it means

noun stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πέτρα / petra

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