Peter

Peter is a popular male given name.

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Peter comes from the Greek word πέτρα (read petra, in Latin used as petro-), meaning rock.

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According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Apostle Peter (whose given name was Simon) the nickname Rock (Kephas or Cephas in Aramaic; Petros or "bedros" (Greek) from which we get "bedrock"). The name was transliterated into Latin as Petrus, from which the English form Peter derives.

Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Petro-: Petro- is a Latin language term for "rock" used as a prefix, for a number of English words, most notably petroleum....

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